I can confirm this is working in Xenial. After change the sshd_config config and execute a systemctl restart it worked. The ssh.service file have only one ExecReload clause:
... [Service] EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/ssh ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sshd -D $SSHD_OPTS ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771340 Title: sshd failed on config reload To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1771340/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
