[Bug 103436] Re: sshd not reconfigured by /etc/network

[Martin Pitt]

Hey Perry,

Perry E. Metzger [2017-03-20 13:11 -0400]:
> That bug report was a decade ago.

Yeah, I know :-)

> So far as I know, this is still an issue for your users, because sshd
> does not, on its own, change its network address when one changes
> networks. I would not remove this because if you remove it you're
> going to harm anyone who changes addresses frequently.

That's what I've thought, but it am puzzled that I cannot actually produce this
situation (when removing the script). That, and the fact that Fedora or SUSE
don't have this indicate that this was dealt with by something else in the
meantime.

> However, I have not used Ubuntu in many years (this is 2017, the bug
> report was 2007) and I am no longer in a position to help you.

No worries, it was a long shot anyway. Thanks for your fast response!

Martin

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Title:
  sshd not reconfigured by /etc/network

Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: openssh-server

  If you have a device that roams a lot (like a laptop), you want
  daemons like sshd to be tweaked/restarted by scripts in /etc/network
  so that they re-open the socket they listen on when the network
  address changes. (Yes, some of us really do want to be able to
  remotely log in to our laptops after we bring them home and they roam
  onto the home WiFi network etc.)

  Right now there is no sshd script in /etc/network/* but it would be
  trivial to create one and add it to the package. For sshd, it would be
  simplest just to restart the daemon.

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