On Saturday 13 March 2010 01:02:12 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:23:16 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > > >> Has anything changed about this? I'm updating a remote machine and > > >> don't want to lose connectivity. > > > > > > Probably what the writer of that message meant is to update the > > > config files with dispatch-conf and the like. I don't know to what > > > else "merge" could refer. > > > > Thanks. OK, so I did a restart and I can still ssh in so things seem OK. > > With a remote machine, I always restart SSH, leave the current shell open > and open a new one from another terminal. The old session will continue > to work when you shut down sshd, so if the new install is somehow broken,
^^^^^^^^^ restart Some noobs might get confused ;-) > you still have the access you need to fix it. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com