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On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:23:16 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> >> Has anything changed about this? I'm updating a remote machine and |
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>> >> don't want to lose connectivity. |
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>> > Probably what the writer of that message meant is to update the |
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>> > config files with dispatch-conf and the like. I don't know to what |
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>> > else "merge" could refer. |
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>> Thanks. OK, so I did a restart and I can still ssh in so things seem OK. |
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> With a remote machine, I always restart SSH, leave the current shell open |
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> and open a new one from another terminal. The old session will continue |
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> to work when you shut down sshd, so if the new install is somehow broken, |
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> you still have the access you need to fix it. |
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Thanks Neil. That's exactly what I did, additionally logging in as a |
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different user that wasn't present before the restart. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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