Bug#231045: ssh: fails to start as daemon -- runs fine with -D

[David Liontooth <liontooth@cogweb.net>]

Package: ssh
Version: 1:3.6.1p2-9
Severity: normal
Tags: sid

The sshd daemon fails to start up on boot, or when issuing "/etc/init.d/ssh start",
or on a simple "sshd". There is no error message -- in fact the receipt is normal
in the case of the init.d script: "Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd" and
no newline.

In contrast, starting the ssh service with a simple "sshd -D" works without problems.
I put /usr/sbin/sshd -D >& log & into /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh and have normal
functionality.

The problem may well be due to another package; I'm unsure how to troubleshoot. 
Same results with 1:3.6.1p2-11.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.24
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
    
Versions of packages ssh depends on:
ii  adduser                     3.51         Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf                     1.3.22       Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libpam-modules              0.76-14      Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam0g                    0.76-14      Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libssl0.9.7                 0.9.7c-5     SSL shared libraries
ii  libwrap0                    7.6-ipv6.1-3 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1-2    compression library - runtime
    
-- debconf information:
* ssh/privsep_tell:
  ssh/insecure_rshd:
  ssh/privsep_ask: true
  ssh/ssh2_keys_merged:
  ssh/user_environment_tell:
* ssh/forward_warning:
* ssh/insecure_telnetd:
  ssh/new_config: true
* ssh/use_old_init_script: true
* ssh/protocol2_only: true
  ssh/encrypted_host_key_but_no_keygen:
* ssh/run_sshd: true
* ssh/SUID_client: true