On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:23:37 -0700 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My host is pretty good about issuing commands for me. Any ideas > there? > > - Grant start sshd manually to get back in. something like '/usr/bin/sshd -p 3' (that would listen on port 3 for ssh connections) ("absolute path is necessary for re-exec")
I still don't know what happened; here's what I can do: =================================================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Last login: Mon Sep 10 14:23:18 2007 from pascal.spore.ath.cx davey ~ # ps -eaf | grep sshd root 28869 1 0 14:23 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/sshd root 29147 28869 0 14:34 ? 00:00:00 sshd: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/0 root 29173 29152 0 14:34 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --colour=auto sshd davey ~ # kill -9 28869 davey ~ # ps -eaf | grep sshd root 29147 1 0 14:34 ? 00:00:00 sshd: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/0 root 29186 29152 0 14:35 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --colour=auto sshd davey ~ # /etc/init.d/sshd restart * Stopping sshd ... [ !! ] davey ~ # /etc/init.d/sshd zap * Manually resetting sshd to stopped state. davey ~ # /etc/init.d/sshd start * Starting sshd ... [ ok ] davey ~ # exit logout Connection to davey closed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Last login: Mon Sep 10 14:34:26 2007 from pascal.spore.ath.cx davey ~ # exit logout Connection to davey closed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ===================================================================== as you can see, it worked fine for me. I even make sure to use -9. good luck, grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list