Bug#505995: openssh-server: openssh server fails on reboot

[Faheem Mitha <faheem@email.unc.edu>]

Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:5.1p1-3
Severity: important


Hi,

Since the upgrade of this machine from etch to lenny, the ssh server
consistently fails on reboot. The only thing I see in auth.log is the
following


Nov 15 16:52:55 orwell sshd[2732]: error: Bind to port 22 on
192.168.1.200 failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Nov 15 16:52:56 orwell sshd[2732]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.

On restarting/starting the ssh server

/etc/init.d/ssh restart

or

/etc/init.d/ssh start

the server comes up without fuss, and the following shows in auth.log:

Nov 17 10:31:21 orwell sshd[3087]: Server listening on 192.168.1.200 port 22.


I'm speculating that the network connection is not up when the server
tries to start. Suggestions for debugging/workarounds appreciated.

I'm setting this (unusually) to important, since this is a major
nuisance if one reboots remotely. Feel free to downgrade if you
disagree.

BTW, surprised that this report does not automatically contain config
info about the sshd server, though I doubt it is relevant in this
case. Feel free to ask if you want it.

                                                  Thanks, Faheem.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-vserver-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages openssh-server depends on:
ii  adduser               3.110              add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24             Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                  1.14.22            Debian package management system
ii  libc6                 2.7-15             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomerr2            1.41.3-1           common error description library
ii  libkrb53              1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libpam-modules        1.0.1-4            Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime        1.0.1-4            Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g              1.0.1-4            Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libselinux1           2.0.65-5           SELinux shared libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8           0.9.8g-14          SSL shared libraries
ii  libwrap0              7.6.q-16           Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  lsb-base              3.2-20             Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  openssh-blacklist     0.4.1              list of default blacklisted OpenSS
ii  openssh-client        1:5.1p1-3          secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12  compression library - runtime

Versions of packages openssh-server recommends:
pn  openssh-blacklist-extra       <none>     (no description available)
ii  xauth                         1:1.0.3-2  X authentication utility

Versions of packages openssh-server suggests:
ii  gtk-led-askpass [ssh-askpass] 0.10-2     GTK+ password dialog suitable for 
pn  molly-guard                   <none>     (no description available)
pn  rssh                          <none>     (no description available)

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