For anyone that's interested --- I added the following to root's crontab: @reboot sleep 120 && /bin/systemctl restart sshd
That works for me to get sshd up AND listening -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1549473 Title: ssh will not start at boot: systemctl status ssh -> output is listed as failed 255. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openssh/+bug/1549473/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs