Also, can you all try to restore socket activation, and see if the problem persists? You can restore socket activation by running:
# This removes the symlink to mask the generator, if needed. $ rm -f /etc/systemd/system-generators/sshd-socket-generator $ systemctl daemon-reload $ systemctl disable --now ssh.service $ systemctl enable --now ssh.socket -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2087551 Title: OpenSSH server config broken on unattended update Status in openssh package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: My server performed unattended update of openssh-server from 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.5 to 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.7, and after this I could not access ssh anymore, connection refused. Following the steps at the bottom of this post to use non-socket- based-activation has allowed me to connect to the server again: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/sshd-now-uses-socket-based-activation- ubuntu-22-10-and-later/30189 I suspect this is related to using a non-default port, although the systemd socket configuration appeared to exist with correct values, as well as the custom port value in sshd_config, before making the above change. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: openssh-server 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-48.48-generic 6.8.12 Uname: Linux 6.8.0-48-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CloudArchitecture: x86_64 CloudBuildName: server CloudID: configdrive CloudName: configdrive CloudPlatform: configdrive CloudSerial: 20231014 CloudSubPlatform: config-disk (/dev/vdb) Date: Fri Nov 8 13:13:51 2024 ProcEnviron: LANG=C.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=tmux-256color SourcePackage: openssh UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-06-04 (157 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/2087551/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp