Thank you for the update. On looking again I noticed this from the documentation you quoted in your original report:
"If port is not specified, sshd will listen on the address and all prior Port options specified." I'm sorry I didn't notice this the first time round. Given the word "prior" in that sentence, it seems to me that the behaviour you're reporting is as documented? I will accept an argument that this is either counter-intuitive and shouldn't behave that way, or not documented clearly enough. But we can't fix that in Ubuntu directly, so I suggest that you engage upstream on that if you wish. I'm marking this bug as Invalid on the basis that I believe the behaviour you're reporting is working as documented, but if you disagree please explain and change the bug status back to New. ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1521745 Title: sshd will fail to start or restart if non-default Port option is incorrectly put after a non-default ListenAddress To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1521745/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs