Anders Holm wrote:
> Hi!
>> To upgrade SSH remotely, do the following:
>> scp the new package over to the box to be upgraded.
> ssh in to the system.
> check the pid of the current SSH sessions and who is logged in.
> take a note of the PARENT pid!
> do: /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd stop
> KILL the PARENT process.
> do the upgrade...
And if for any reason you hit one too many CTRL-D's while you do this,
you're shagged ;-)
My routine is :
1. SSH in.
2. wget the latest package from the homepage
3. Configure and make, ensuring that I include such things as PAM support
where relevant
4. run the binary on a spare port (-p portno) and ssh in to test that user
auth, etc. is all working)
5. When happy with above, *then* find the parent sshd process, slaughter it
and immediately run the one you've just compiled to take it's place.
This procedure allows me to maintain multiple boxen, linux and freebsd, from
New Zealand, and I haven't had to phone anyone yet ;-)
Vin
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