On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Marc Haber <mh+openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 08:30:28PM +0000, Stop Spazzing wrote: >> Why is this a good idea? Would be a good idea because people are human and >> make mistakes, and you shouldn't have to wipe your server just because an >> invalid port was used by accident. > > Why would one have to _WIPE_ a server because of a misconfigured sshd? > > Greetings > Marc If you don't have console access, or it takes a long time to arrange, screwing up sshd_config means you are dead in the water. This is why sshd's default "re-exec sshd and associate it with the terminal sesson" is so invaluable: it allows you to restart the daeemon, and test the new daemon, without losing your active session. _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
