On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 5:29 PM <srijan.nandi@...> wrote:
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> I am facing a peculiar problem with openssh. I have built openssh_8.0p1on zeus.
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> The sshd.service file is as follows:
> [Unit]
> Description=OpenSSH server daemon
> Documentation=man:sshd(8) man:sshd_config(5)
> After=sshdgenkeys.service
> Wants=sshdgenkeys.service
>  
> [Service]
> Type=simple
> PIDFile=/var/run/sshd.pid
> EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/sshd
> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sshd -D $OPTIONS
> ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
> ExecStop=/bin/kill $MAINPID
> PermissionsStartOnly=true
> KillMode=process
> Restart=on-failure
> StandardError=syslog
>  
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>
> It starts without issues, if i do a systemctl start sshd.service. If I do a test of the config file it does not come up with any errors:
>
> genericx86-64:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/sshd -t
> genericx86-64:~$
>
> Problem:
> If I reboot the server, sshd does not start. There is no error on syslog. I have enabled debug logging, still no logs in syslog.
>
> # Logging
> SyslogFacility DAEMON
> LogLevel DEBUG3
>
> Even systemctl is-enabled sshd shows as enabled.
>
> After a reboot, if I do a systemctl status sshd it shows:
> Loaded: loaded  (/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
> Active: inactive (dead)
>
> If I manually run systemctl start sshd.service, everything works perfectly well without issues. sshd start on 0.0.0.0:2224 and I am able to ssh in as well.
>
> It's just that systemctl is not able to start sshd after a reboot and there is no error that i can find or debug. Absolutely run out of ideas to resolve this. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> -=Srijan Nandi
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