On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 03:27:07PM +1100, Andrew Tait wrote: > Hi All, > > A few days ago SSH just failed on me, out of the blue. > > Everytime I start ssh (/etc/init.d/ssh start), this appears in the auth.log > file: > > Feb 25 13:50:44 porky sshd[453]: fatal: daemon() failed: Success > > I can run ssh in debug mode (sshd -d) or by telling it not to detach > (sshd -D) and it runs fine. It just when it tried to daemonise itself that > it fails, as you can see by the log files. Other processes such as syslogd > start/stop fine. > > Any suggestions?
What version of ssh? If you have a machine with the exact same sshd binary, compare the md5sums. If you were running ssh v1, you may have been hacked, and a trojaned sshd installed. Tim -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >> Tim Sailer (at home) >< Coastal Internet,Inc. << >> Network and Systems Operations >< PO Box 671 << >> http://www.buoy.com >< Ridge, NY 11961 << >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >< (631)924-3728 (888) 924-3728 << >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
