/dev/null must always be the correct character device; if it's a file
then it's perfectly reasonable for things to fail.
Now, it shouldn't have changed to a file - it's possible you hit bug 387189
is there a /dev/null.1 which is the original character device?
Dave
** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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sshd fails to restart after /dev/null is changed to regular file
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