strace it to see what's in there , could be meaningfull.. JeF
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? > > Andrew Tait > System Administrator > Country NetLink Pty, Ltd > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.cnl.com.au > 30 Bank St Cobram, VIC 3644, Australia > Ph: +61 (03) 58 711 000 > Fax: +61 (03) 58 711 874 > > "It's the smell! If there is such a thing." Agent Smith - The Matrix > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- -> Jean-Francois Dive --> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
