[Bug 1158708] Re: Services start/stop multiple times during boot

[Robie Basak]

** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  Services start/stop multiple times during boot

Status in “openssh” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm running a fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS with all
  updates from security/updates applied. While everything works as
  expected after boot, I see that several services are started and
  stopped multiple times. After adding "--verbose" to the kernel command
  line in grub, I see the following in /var/log/dmesg (grep on "ssh",
  but other services look similar):

  [   15.448785] init: ssh goal changed from stop to start
  [   15.448977] init: ssh state changed from waiting to starting
  [   15.722522] init: ssh state changed from starting to pre-start
  [   15.740479] init: ssh pre-start process (412)
  [   15.892560] init: ssh pre-start process (412) exited normally
  [   15.892697] init: ssh state changed from pre-start to spawned
  [   15.900573] init: ssh main process (427)
  [   15.900877] init: ssh state changed from spawned to post-start
  [   15.912513] init: ssh state changed from post-start to running
  [   18.292483] init: ssh goal changed from start to stop
  [   18.292723] init: ssh state changed from running to pre-stop
  [   18.292826] init: ssh state changed from pre-stop to stopping
  [   18.293129] init: ssh state changed from stopping to killed
  [   18.293236] init: Sending TERM signal to ssh main process (427)
  [   18.296505] init: ssh main process (427) exited normally
  [   18.296683] init: ssh state changed from killed to post-stop
  [   18.297359] init: ssh state changed from post-stop to waiting
  [   18.344245] init: ssh goal changed from stop to start
  [   18.344378] init: ssh state changed from waiting to starting
  [   18.344801] init: ssh state changed from starting to pre-start
  [   18.356479] init: ssh pre-start process (593)
  [   18.414658] init: ssh pre-start process (593) exited normally
  [   18.415023] init: ssh state changed from pre-start to spawned
  [   18.424710] init: ssh main process (596)
  [   18.424886] init: ssh state changed from spawned to post-start
  [   18.429089] init: ssh state changed from post-start to running

  You can see that SSH is started 4 times. This seems unnecessary and
  looks like a bug to me. I see this behaviour on other Ubuntu 12.04
  systems as well.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: upstart 1.5-0ubuntu7.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-26.42~precise1-generic 3.5.7.6
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Mar 22 11:20:16 2013
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130214)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: upstart
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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