Bug#369893: openssh-server: Allow start-stop-daemon options in /etc/default/ssh (for example: --nicelevel)

[Darren Dittrich <debian@d.sell.com>]

Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:4.3p2-2
Severity: wishlist


Currently, administrators who wish to change the startup priority of daemons like ssh need to be modify the stock /etc/init.d script.
start-stop-daemon supports some options like --nicelevel (changing the startup priority).
One suggestion is to include an add'l /etc/default/ssh options similar to SSHD_OPTS= (perhaps SSHD_START_OPTS=)
This could be sourced and included in the start/reload/restart sections of the /etc/init.d/ssh file, before the SSHD_OPTS are included.

IMHO, this would be a great feature for almost any package with an init script and /etc/default file.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.19-i386smp-ipt
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages openssh-server depends on:
ii  adduser       3.87                       Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debc 1.5.1                      Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg          1.13.19                    package maintenance system for Deb
ii  libc6         2.3.6-7                    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomerr2    1.38+1.39-WIP-2006.04.09-2 common error description library
ii  libkrb53      1.4.3-7                    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libpam-module 0.79-3.1                   Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtim 0.79-3.1                   Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g      0.79-3.1                   Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libselinux1   1.30-1                     SELinux shared libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8   0.9.8b-2                   SSL shared libraries
ii  libwrap0      7.6.dbs-9                  Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  openssh-clien 1:4.3p2-2                  Secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh
ii  zlib1g        1:1.2.3-11                 compression library - runtime

openssh-server recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  ssh/insecure_rshd:
  ssh/insecure_telnetd:
  ssh/new_config: true
* ssh/use_old_init_script: true
  ssh/encrypted_host_key_but_no_keygen:
  ssh/disable_cr_auth: false