Bug#1128329: openssh-server: Service reload using systemctl (HUP) not working

Claudio Kuenzler <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:44:41 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.ssh
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> I just checked and this works fine for me on trixie, so I need more
> information about your server configuration.  For example, are you using
> ListenAddress, or anything else that might affect how sshd tries to bind
> its listen socket?
>

Hey Colin,

Thanks for checking in on this report.

It's a standard SSH config, without manual config changes.

root@debian13:~# grep -i listen /etc/ssh/sshd_config
#ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
#ListenAddress ::

root@debian13:~# systemctl reload ssh
Job for ssh.service failed because the control process exited with error
code.
See "systemctl status ssh.service" and "journalctl -xeu ssh.service" for
details.

To give more context: This is a LXC container running Debian 13 on a Debian
12 host. Maybe this is an important information needed in this context.

I just tried to reproduce the same reload error on another LXC container
which was upgraded from Debian 12 to 13 (Host running Debian 12) but here I
did not get any errors.

I have to dig deeper into this to find the differences.