Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:12:40 -0400 From: Schiz0 <schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com> To: "Huy Ton That" <huyslogic@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sshd config config file question Message-ID: <8d23ec860707101912h141af233x90835850c08e59db@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1cac28080707101023x3e310aebo8f81aeaf22e6e5f2@mail.gmail.com> References: <1cac28080707100837g5591146xfc7dd68e1847178@mail.gmail.com> <57d710000707101004k66f5d9d2g45e353cd10b0965d@mail.gmail.com> <1cac28080707101008xc21a300k181a064a03b68d7d@mail.gmail.com> <57d710000707101018u5d251378lec69b3f1c4bbc534@mail.gmail.com> <1cac28080707101023x3e310aebo8f81aeaf22e6e5f2@mail.gmail.com>
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On 7/10/07, Huy Ton That <huyslogic@gmail.com> wrote: > The daemon is up and has been up for a long time. In fact, when I made these > changes to sshd_config, for instance as a test maxauthtries to 3 I also > reloaded it during a ssh terminal session. After which I logged back in and > as a test, purposely errored the tries; it still defaulted to 6 despite the > sshd_config file change and reloading. > > when I say I get no message I mean to state as such: > > $/etc/rc.d/sshd status <--carriage return > $ <--no message after return. > > Thanks Pete. > > -Huy > > On 7/10/07, pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 7/10/07, Huy Ton That <huyslogic@gmail.com> 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 > > Your PAM config may be overriding SSH's config (For the ignoring MaxAuthTries option). It sometimes does that, depending on how the login type is set up in the sshd_config file. Check your PAM config
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