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I have been unable to reproduce this. "sudo restart ssh" works for me on both Precise (1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1) and Quantal (1:6.0p1-3ubuntu1) without any errors. upstart reports a new pid, and /var/log/auth.log gives me the following: Oct 25 12:03:25 <hostname> sshd[11126]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. Oct 25 12:03:25 <hostname> sshd[11126]: Server listening on :: port 22. Please could you give us steps to reproduce this? ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- 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/1071264 Title: sshd cannot be remotely restarted from an ssh session To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1071264/+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