Re: Sshd requires restart to work.

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Peter Buckley wrote:

> Anytime you modify the /etc/passwd file, sshd needs to be restarted to
> pick up the changes. I think you will always have to net stop/start sshd
> if you are going to create a new passwd file at bootup.

Which is why the autoexec file does the stop start AFTER
rebuilding the password file.

>
> Have you tried changing the parameters for the sshd service to give it a
> "-d > sshd-startup.log" parameter? I don't know if it will work, but it
> sounds worth a try since you can start the service in debug mode IIRC.
>

But of course that means that it will only run once...
That may be the clue I need, though, I'll try that.

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