I think I had the same problem. I think it was fixed with "chown root:root /var".
Related to this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1891394 I think it also caused screen to be unusable until it was run by root. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811580 Title: systemd fails to start sshd at reboot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1811580/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs