From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 10 17:18:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0749516A469 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:18:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AB9413C4AD for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:18:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a73so2702361pye for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:18:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=KEvosJ/UrC6JGS1yxu89n8sr2tUn4Ww1q/TIFYSy9D1txRhSzJrk+Y4ZgSNaujsZFSK+PJe5h7yWvbe6Pg6OFhR/1Olg/FPWoV90BYIA94dUqfev3MdOUFbqlleHN1/K1BCMYzUtbzGxWL4wwHaRGeRiu/BnmMIVa57jPyTzHeM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=e9mOD7z25oUTCNTvJQcQhEaw+937DCsMUGg3KzPvIfr01UjJaJ5nk81IeCl4Li2/f1soC1GDQE5jOplRYzUzGYZPQnmXH1XXLJE5pncQhCI62LSZOLe6MfrDf6wxdn+TTbBeCLRFV7gvg6ymCDhgWJ++sRsp4IhfhbsSTBvf910= Received: by 10.65.116.10 with SMTP id t10mr7146732qbm.1184087923929; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:18:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.145.20 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:18:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <57d710000707101018u5d251378lec69b3f1c4bbc534@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:18:43 -0700 From: "pete wright" To: "Huy Ton That" , "FreeBSD Questions" In-Reply-To: <1cac28080707101008xc21a300k181a064a03b68d7d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1cac28080707100837g5591146xfc7dd68e1847178@mail.gmail.com> <57d710000707101004k66f5d9d2g45e353cd10b0965d@mail.gmail.com> <1cac28080707101008xc21a300k181a064a03b68d7d@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Subject: Re: sshd config config file question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:18:46 -0000 On 7/10/07, Huy Ton That wrote: > No, it was unhashed. Thanks for pointing it out though. But the strange > thing is when I run: > > /etc/rc.d/sshd status > > I get no message > > No message for start, restart, reload etc. I am performing these commands as > root. > > Any ideas? > (couple things, please don't top post, and be sure to keep questions@freebsd.org cc'd on this thread so others can help you) i'm not sure what you mean about "no message". make sure you have sshd_enabled="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf. also check to see if sshd is running by using "ps". if it is not, try starting it by hand - this will tell you if there are any errors on startup. once it starts cleanly by hand then use the init script in /etc/rc.d/sshd. the man page for sshd is very helpful, and should answer many of the questions you may have - including how to start the daemon by hand, etc.. type: man sshd -p -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group