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  • Bug#1101489: error: Bind to port 22 failed when ListenAddress is set

    From odroid HC4@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 28 11:50:01 2025
    Package: openssh-server
    Version: 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u5
    Severity: important
    X-Debbugs-Cc: nospam@yahoo.com

    Dear Maintainer,

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    * What led up to the situation?
    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
    ineffective)?
    * What was the outcome of this action?


    Debian12
    openssh-server 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u5 arm64

    sshd starts before the ethernet interface gets an IP address.

    With
    ListenAddress 192.168.0.2
    in
    /etc/ssh/sshd_config

    Result
    error: Bind to port 22 failed: Cannot assign requested address.


    systemctl edit sshd.service
    and inserting the following:

    [Unit]
    After=network-online.target

    does not help.

    * What outcome did you expect instead?

    sshd active after reboot when ListenAddress is set in sshd_config


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    -- System Information:
    Debian Release: 12.10
    APT prefers stable-updates
    APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
    Architecture: arm64 (aarch64)

    Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-odroid-arm64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
    Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CRAP
    Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
    Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
    Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

    Versions of packages openssh-server depends on:
    ii adduser 3.134
    ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.82
    ii init-system-helpers 1.65.2
    ii libaudit1 1:3.0.9-1
    ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u10
    ii libcom-err2 1.47.0-2
    ii libcrypt1 1:4.4.33-2
    ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.20.1-2+deb12u2
    ii libkrb5-3 1.20.1-2+deb12u2
    ii libpam-modules 1.5.2-6+deb12u1
    ii libpam-runtime 1.5.2-6+deb12u1
    ii libpam0g 1.5.2-6+deb12u1
    ii libselinux1 3.4-1+b6
    ii libssl3 3.0.15-1~deb12u1
    ii libsystemd0 252.36-1~deb12u1
    ii libwrap0 7.6.q-32
    ii openssh-client 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u5
    ii openssh-sftp-server 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u5
    ii procps 2:4.0.2-3
    ii runit-helper 2.15.2
    ii sysvinit-utils [lsb-base] 3.06-4
    ii ucf 3.0043+nmu1+deb12u1
    ii zlib1g 1:1.2.13.dfsg-1

    Versions of packages openssh-server recommends:
    ii libpam-systemd [logind] 252.36-1~deb12u1
    ii ncurses-term 6.4-4
    ii xauth 1:1.1.2-1

    Versions of packages openssh-server suggests:
    pn molly-guard <none>
    pn monkeysphere <none>
    pn ssh-askpass <none>
    pn ufw <none>

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