On Saturday 13 March 2010 01:02:12 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:23:16 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > >> Has anything changed about this? I'm updating a remote machine and
> > >> don't want to lose connectivity.
> > >
> > > Probably what the writer of that message meant is to update the
> > > config files with dispatch-conf and the like. I don't know to what
> > > else "merge" could refer.
> >
> > Thanks. OK, so I did a restart and I can still ssh in so things seem OK.
>
> With a remote machine, I always restart SSH, leave the current shell open
> and open a new one from another terminal. The old session will continue
> to work when you shut down sshd, so if the new install is somehow broken,
^^^^^^^^^
restart
Some noobs might get confused ;-)
> you still have the access you need to fix it.
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