MaxStartups latches on, rejecting 100% until restart

[Damien Miller]

I haven't seen this behaviour and can't replicate it manually using
OpenSSH 10.0. I think debugging this will require a log trace with
LogLevel=debug3 if you can manage it.

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025, Mark Hills wrote:

> I have a system where 4 or 5 times now it has locked out new ssh 
> connections.
> 
> It appears as if MaxStartups is not re-allowing connections when the 
> number of unauthenticated connections drops.
> 
> Instead, 100% rejection until sshd is restarted.