On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 11:00:04AM +0000, kevin lyda wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 10:49:01AM +0000, Niall O Broin wrote:
> > I have a box which is running openssh 1.2.2 and I want to upgrade it to
> > 3.1p1. However, this box is remote and I access it via ssh - is the problem
> > becoming evident :-)
>> no it's not. sshd forks when you connect. of course since you're
> running 1.2.2 someone has probably already rooted your box. (damn paul
> for making me read that in a totally sick way)
>> anyway, do the install, run the init script with a restart argument,
> watch that it comes up again, and try to connect from another window
> (which you should do fine).
Kevin was close, but doesn't quite get the cigar - I've been trying to get
him to quit smoking anyway. The missing step was to kill the original sshd
which is the parent of the forked ones because otherwise, of course, the new
version can't bind to 22.
Niall
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