Some systems have a service command that calls the init.d commands. Less typing. Sam MacDonald said: > Jay Kline wrote: > >>On August 22, 10:41 am Sam MacDonald <smac at visi.com> wrote: >> >> >>>Well sshd works very, very well, except now I can't start an X >>> session using WinaXe. >>>When I attempted to stop sshd on my Linux box as "root" >>>sshd stop >>>It returns the following message >>>Extra argument stop. >>>****** >>>version Openssh_2.9p2 >>>****** >>>I can stop and start other demons but it's like this one can't be >>> stopped . The man page doesn't list any way to stop sshd, is it a >>> freight train? >>>Sam. >>> >>> >> >> >>Try "/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd stop" or even "killall sshd" >> >>Of course, if you are logged in via ssh, it will end your session, >> rather quickly. >> >>Jay >> >> >> >> > That worked very well. > So being in the init.d directory and running sshd stop is different then > /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd stop > Sort of interesting but annoying > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list