Manage service recovery options to avoid service restart loop

Summary of the new feature / enhancement

If the sshd service fails to start it will not fail as all service recovery options are set to restart the service. This creates a loop of service restarts. As every service restart is logged - the event log will be filled with service restart log events ~ 1000 log entries per minute

PS C:\> sc qfailure sshd
[SC] QueryServiceConfig2 SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: sshd
        RESET_PERIOD (in seconds)    : 86400
        REBOOT_MESSAGE               :
        COMMAND_LINE                 :
        FAILURE_ACTIONS              : RESTART -- Delay = 0 milliseconds.
                                       RESTART -- Delay = 0 milliseconds.
                                       RESTART -- Delay = 0 milliseconds.

Suggestion:

• Change the delays to 60000 for the first two failure actions
• Change the third action to "Take no Action"

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

No response

Start by locating where the Windows sshd service recovery actions are configured. Use sc qfailure sshd to inspect the current settings and verify the requested delays and final no-action behavior. Done means a failed sshd service no longer restarts in a tight loop and the recovery configuration matches the suggestion.