sshd and file descriptors

Markus Friedl markus at openbsd.org
Thu Jun 27 23:57:05 EST 2002


On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 10:49:31AM -0300, Andreas Hasenack wrote:
> Em Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 12:10:57AM -0500, Phil Howard escreveu:
> > On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 07:06:13PM -0300, Andreas Hasenack 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?
> 
> Only the parent sshd process is restarted, current connections are left
> untouched. I can safely do this remotely.

you could also do
	sshd -t && kill -HUP `cat /var/run/sshd.pid`



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