This sounds a lot like what happened to me when the "fix" for this defect was released: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/687535
I had to roll back to 5.3p1-3ubuntu4 to be able to restart Xen based Lucid instances and have sshd restart reliably. -- 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/719833 Title: ssh upstart job fails to actually bring up ssh -- 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