On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Vincent Bernat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OoO En cette soirée bien amorcée du mardi 13 mai 2008, vers 22:21, "John
>  Keimel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait:
>
>
>  >> Since some keys are generated automatically, (e.g. ssh host keys) users 
> will
>  >> have to regenerate keys,they haven't generated in the first place and 
> might
>  >> not be aware of their existens.
>  >> That's bad.
>  >>
>
>
>  > The only instructions I've seen for regenerating host keys include
>  > shutting down the sshd server. This is impossible in some servers I
>  > have, so is there another way?
>
>  Restarting OpenSSH do not close existing connections.


Yes, that's correct. I agree.

But the instructions I saw were for 'shutting down the SSHD server' -
not just 'restarting it'.

That's why I asked. I think Ian's suggestion will work just fine for
me though, so I'll give that a go.

Thanks folks.


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