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Setting Importance to Critical as this is an expected harmless operation that will render the system essentially unreachable (and thus unusable) for remote users (eg. just about all server users). It seems to me that the STOP patch should only activate on first run, not on a re-exec. I'll take a look. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1306877 Title: sshd stops accepting new connections after configuration reload To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1306877/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
