sshd and file descriptors

[Thomas Binder]

Hi!

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 12:10:57AM -0500, Phil Howard wrote:
> > I have an openssh RPM package that restarts the sshd server
> > during an upgrade if the daemon is already running. So far, so
> > good, restart works.
> 
> What happens if you were connected via ssh when it restarts?

Nothing special - all existing ssh sessions stay alive when the
"root" sshd process dies; all that happens is that they have init
as their parent process afterwards.

Actually, I always update sshd remotely using an ssh session to
the old sshd.


Ciao

Thomas