[Bug 216847] Re: sshd will not start at boot if ListenAddress is set, because network interface is not yet up

[Dirk Schuster]

I tested on 12.10.

Unfortunately the solution from Claus interferes with the network
manager.  On my 12.10 system I wasn't able to handle the eth0 by the
network manager any more.

As I don't like arvitrary sleep times, I figured out a solution just
changing the start on line in /etc/init/ssh. It works very well for me
in 12.10..

I add this patch in a moment. It would be fine if someone would test it
and confirm it.

Users of other ubuntu versions might have to change the line
accordingly.

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Title:
  sshd will not start at boot if ListenAddress is set, because network
  interface is not yet up

Status in “openssh” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: openssh-server

  The sshd will not start at boot if the ListenAddress option in
  /etc/ssh/sshd_config is set to an IPv4 address other then 0.0.0.0 .

  I am using Ubuntu 7.10 and the version 1:4.6p1-5ubuntu0.2 of the openssh-server package.
  I would expect that sshd is started after boot but it will not and I found this in /var/log/auth.log:

  sshd[4527]: error: Bind to port 22 on 10.1.1.22 failed: Cannot assign requested address.
  sshd[4527]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.

  Once the System is started you can start/stop the sshd with the
  /etc/init.d/ssh script without any problems.

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