Re: [gentoo-user] sshd won't restart on remote system

[Grant]

>> After updating to the latest stable x86 openssh and merging config
>>  files on my remote system, I get:
>>
>>  # /etc/init.d/sshd restart
>>  * Stopping sshd ... [ !! ]
>>
>>  There is nothing in /var/log/sshd/current.  Does anyone know what I should do?
>
> You could stop the sshd process manually with kill or similar (I use
> htop). (Careful though, you don't want to kill your current session,
> just the daemon listening for new connections!) Then you can "zap" the
> service and start it as normal.
>
> Or you could reboot the host, and (assuming it's in your default
> run-level) sshd will start on boot.

I could reboot, but how can I be sure sshd will start again?  The fact
that it's not stopping makes me wonder if there is something wrong.
If it doesn't start I'm locked out of the remote system.

- Grant