diff -u openssh-4.7p1/debian/openssh-server.init openssh-4.7p1/debian/openssh-server.init
--- openssh-4.7p1/debian/openssh-server.init
+++ openssh-4.7p1/debian/openssh-server.init
@@ -151,8 +151,12 @@
 	esac
 	;;
 
+  status)
+	status_of_proc /usr/sbin/sshd sshd && exit 0 || exit $?
+	;;
+
   *)
-	log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/ssh {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart|try-restart}"
+	log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/ssh {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart|try-restart|status}"
 	exit 1
 esac
 
diff -u openssh-4.7p1/debian/control openssh-4.7p1/debian/control
--- openssh-4.7p1/debian/control
+++ openssh-4.7p1/debian/control
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 Package: openssh-server
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, debconf (>= 1.2.0) | debconf-2.0, libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-14), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-9), adduser (>= 3.9), dpkg (>= 1.9.0), openssh-client (= ${binary:Version}), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8g-9), openssh-blacklist
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, debconf (>= 1.2.0) | debconf-2.0, libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-14), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-9), adduser (>= 3.9), dpkg (>= 1.9.0), openssh-client (= ${binary:Version}), lsb-base (>= 3.2-12ubuntu2), libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8g-9), openssh-blacklist
 Recommends: xauth, openssh-blacklist-extra
 Conflicts: ssh (<< 1:3.8.1p1-9), ssh-nonfree (<<2), ssh-socks, ssh2, sftp, rsh-client (<<0.16.1-1), ssh-krb5 (<< 1:4.3p2-7)
 Replaces: ssh, openssh-client (<< 1:3.8.1p1-11), ssh-krb5
diff -u openssh-4.7p1/debian/changelog openssh-4.7p1/debian/changelog
--- openssh-4.7p1/debian/changelog
+++ openssh-4.7p1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+openssh (1:4.7p1-12ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/control: Depend on lsb >= 3.2-12ubuntu2, which has the
+    status_of_proc() function.
+  * debian/openssh-server.init: Add the 'status' action (LP: #203169).
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:31:21 -0500
+
 openssh (1:4.7p1-12ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * Resynchronise with Debian. Remaining changes: