On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

> Actioally, "reload" should have been enough. Though restarting an ssh
> server is generally a safe operation as it does not kill the existing
> connections.

Be careful!  Check the init script for sshd before doing this.  I have
seen "killall sshd" used as the shutdown command in one poorly written
init script.  This *will* terminate all SSH connections, instead of just
signalling or restarting the server.

Cheers,
Vic

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