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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]