> > My host is pretty good about issuing commands for me. Any ideas > > there? > > > > - Grant > start sshd manually to get back in. something like '/usr/bin/sshd -p 3' > (that would listen on port 3 for ssh connections) > ("absolute path is necessary for re-exec") > > I still don't know what happened; here's what I can do: > =================================================================== > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Last login: Mon Sep 10 14:23:18 2007 from pascal.spore.ath.cx > davey ~ # ps -eaf | grep sshd > root 28869 1 0 14:23 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/sshd > root 29147 28869 0 14:34 ? 00:00:00 sshd: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/0 > root 29173 29152 0 14:34 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --colour=auto sshd > davey ~ # kill -9 28869 > davey ~ # ps -eaf | grep sshd > root 29147 1 0 14:34 ? 00:00:00 sshd: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/0 > root 29186 29152 0 14:35 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --colour=auto sshd > davey ~ # /etc/init.d/sshd restart > * Stopping > sshd ... [ !! ] > davey ~ # /etc/init.d/sshd zap > * Manually resetting sshd to stopped state. > davey ~ # /etc/init.d/sshd start > * Starting > sshd ... [ ok ] > davey ~ # exit logout > Connection to davey closed. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Last login: Mon Sep 10 14:34:26 2007 from pascal.spore.ath.cx > davey ~ # exit > logout > Connection to davey closed. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ > ===================================================================== > as you can see, it worked fine for me. I even make sure to use -9. > > good luck, grant
Thank you but doesn't it look like there must be a problem that is preventing my sshd from starting? Won't '/usr/bin/sshd -p 3' just fail, or is that more likely to work than '/etc/init.d/sshd start'? Also, is '/usr/bin/sshd' sufficient? Why not port 22? - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list