openssh sshd stops imediately

[gosuc2000]

Hi all,

I have a strange sshd -problem. When I start sshd, it returns an exit-code of 0, but in /var/log/messages it says
sshd[7688]: fatal: daemon() failed: Success
But when I start the daemon in debug-mode, it works o.k.

I can connect from another system as expected for one session.

Unfortunately there are no more infos in "messages", even if I set logmode to verbose or debug.

Has anybody an idea what might be wrong?

Any helpis apreciated.

Regards,

Fred

 

[thedaver]

Basic/Obvious, is another sshd daemon already running?

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[gosuc2000]

ps -e|grep ssh just shows :
3128 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent

There is no sshd running. By the way, if i use the
boot-startupscript (Suse: /etc/init.d/sshd start),
it confirms the start of sshd , but checking for a sshd
daemon doesn't show the sshd daemon running. Instead, I get the above mentioned message in /var/log/messages.

If I try to start the sshd a second time like this, it
replies "failed".
I also checked the presence of a sshd.init.pid file, but
this was never created. From what I understand, this means
that sshd was not started.
I also checked the access-permissions of ~/.ssh, it is
755, /etc/ssh is 755, the host-keys have 600 and the
public keys have 644.

Fred

 

[thedaver]

HAve you recently recompiled or package-updated your openssl? Yes I mean openssl.

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[gosuc2000]

Something might have been corrupted.
I de-installed openssh and re-installed it, but
after installation I got the simple message from YAST,
'' the following product shows an error: openssh''
I could not remedy that,even not after re-installing
openssh.
By trying to de- and reinstall openssl, I almost busted
the system, because about 200 progs depended on openssl.
So after that I decided to completely reinstall the system.
It's o.k. now.

By searching in the net for the above errormessage in "messages", I only found articles about openssl - sources.


So I think you were right for suspecting openssl, as
openssh makes use of the openssl libraries.(I think).

Wow, that was a long lasting experience, so thank you
very much for that tip.


Regards,

Fred

 

[ericbrunson]

Next time you want to reinstall a package, just get the RPM and use --force to install it on top of the existing one.

 

[dsugar]

I am having the same problem with the sshd daemon. I installed from the SuSE 9.1 cds and the sshd daemon fails on startup. What would you suggest? I tried a reinstall and the same thing happens. I am thinking about removing openssl and all corresponding programs. (Yes I will make a list of programs that need to be removed). Then reinstall a new version of openssl and programs removed. Though any help would be appreciated. I want to get sshd running. Thanks for the help.