Re: Systemd vsock sshd

[Greg Dahlman <dahlman () gmail com>]

The official way to disable this behavior requires appending
"systemd.ssh_auto=no" to the kernel boot line.

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/systemd-ssh-generator.8.html

On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281 () gmail com> wrote:

> On 12/27/25 21:46, Greg Dahlman wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> >   **Systemd v256 change** - When the *openssh-server* package is
> >   installed on a VM with vsock support, systemd now automatically
> >   starts an *sshd* instance that listens on the **af_vsock** socket in
> >   the **global network namespace** without any manual configuration.
>
> Obvious question:  what manual configuration is required to kill that
> listener?
>
>
> -- Jacob