Very Computer

I'm having a problem getting ssh up and running.  I've already
configured it, thats not my problem.  However yesterday, during a storm,
I lost power.  My computer is ok but all now whenever I type

/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd status

I get this in return...

sshd dead but subsys locked

I'm guessing a configuration file was left open or something to that
effect..  But as a result ssh no longer works.  I uninstalled in and
re-installed ssh using these rpms.

ssh-1.2.27-5us.i386.rpm
ssh-clients-1.2.27-5us.i386.rpm
ssh-server-1.2.27-5us.i386.rpm

And still nothing....  Arrrrrrghhhh

Can anyone offer some suggestions?  I'm almost certian it's NOT a
hardware problem..

In my /etc/inetd.conf I have this

ssh     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/local/sbin/sshd -i

and in /etc/services this

ssh             22/tcp                          # SSH Remote Login
Protocol
ssh             22/udp                          # SSH Remote Login
Protocol

        There is a 'lock' file sitting in /var/lock/subsys for the sshd
        subsystem, not running the ssh rpm here, so I can not check, but
        my guess is the file is named either 'ssh' or 'sshd'.  Manually
        rm the file and /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start and you should be
        fine - this is assuming that you have already 'stop'ped the
        service already with /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd stop.

Quote:> I'm guessing a configuration file was left open or something to that
> effect..  But as a result ssh no longer works.  I uninstalled in and
> re-installed ssh using these rpms.

> ssh-1.2.27-5us.i386.rpm
> ssh-clients-1.2.27-5us.i386.rpm
> ssh-server-1.2.27-5us.i386.rpm

> And still nothing....  Arrrrrrghhhh

        Umm, this was a little bit of overkill on your part - the
        removal and reinstall is generally not needed under a *NIX
        environment.

Quote:> In my /etc/inetd.conf I have this
> ssh     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/local/sbin/sshd -i

> and in /etc/services this
> ssh             22/tcp                          # SSH Remote Login Protocol
> ssh             22/udp                          # SSH Remote Login Protocol

        Out of curiousity, why are you spawning sshd from inet and not
        running standalone?

                                                        John
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