## Why The base role completely replaces `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` with a custom template, which overwrites Ubuntu's default configuration including `Include` directives and other distro-specific settings. This can cause sshd to enter a broken state after the handler fires — password auth, root login, and other defaults are silently removed, and sshd may not recover properly from the restart. ## What Changes - Replace the full `sshd_config.j2` template with a drop-in config file at `/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/99-hardening.conf` that only overrides the specific settings we need to change - Remove the old `sshd_config.j2` template file - Change the sshd handler from `restart sshd` to `reload ssh` to avoid dropping active connections ## Capabilities ### New Capabilities ### Modified Capabilities ## Impact - `roles/base/tasks/main.yml`: change from template to copy/drop-in task - `roles/base/templates/sshd_config.j2`: deleted - `roles/base/templates/sshd-hardening.conf.j2`: new file - `roles/base/handlers/main.yml`: handler service name and state corrected - No changes to which settings are enforced — same hardening, delivered incrementally