Ubuntu
openssh package

  1. Bug #1771340
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 1771340

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Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack) wrote :

The issue is reload, not restart.

You should:
- get a working normal sshd_config
- issue reload, confirm it works
- add an invalid option to sshd_config
- issue reload

The broken system will kill sshd, whereas the fixed one will refuse to reload but sshd will still be running.