@Jason: thanks for taking the time to look at this. Yes, I can confirm your understanding of the problem as I had come to exactly the same conclusion! :-) I have raised a bug on openssh for the stderr fd leak: https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1976
** Bug watch added: OpenSSH Portable Bugzilla #1976 https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1976 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926468 Title: Stopping ssh with a logged in user causes init to spin at 100% To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/926468/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs