Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:21:51 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: kaging@access4less.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH Daemon not running Message-ID: <200308282221.51260.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <3f4ccf67.110.6862.1560125205@access4less.net> References: <3f4ccf67.110.6862.1560125205@access4less.net>
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 01:03, kaging@access4less.net wrote: > After a standard install of 4.7 the ssh daemon isn't running > even though it shows enabled in rc.conf, could it be > something else I'm missing. It was my understading that ssh > got installed by default. I did go into /etc/ssh/sshd_config > and made sure I uncommented the port 22, etc. but still no > help. I tried reinstalling just to make sure I didn't > accidentally mess something up but the same thing keeps > happening. Can someone please point me in the right > direction? > Dependent on version and/or sshd_config you may need an empty directory belonging to root: /var/empty and a pseudo user: sshd:*:22:22::0:0:Secure Shell Daemon:/var/empty:/sbin/nologin Some how I was missing this user on one machine and found sshd would exit rather promptly until I installed this user. Of course you might have an entirely different problem ;) Malcolm Kay
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