problems starting sshd at boot

[George Georgalis]

>On 5/24/05, George Georgalis <george at xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> My (only) 1.2.0_REL iso install doesn't start sshd at boot.
>> When I execute "sshd" I get the error:
>> sshd re-exec requires execution with an absolute path
>> "/usr/sbin/sshd" works as expected.
>> 
>> As a quick fix I tried changing the "name" line in /etc/rc.d/sshd
>> (name="/usr/sbin/sshd") but that seems not the rcng way, per errors.
>> 
>> Not sure why I don't see this in bugs or commits already... will make
>> world fix it? I've not been able to try, as I'm still trying to get
>> cvsupd working so I can cvsup from local sources.
>> 
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 07:35:16PM +0200, Jonas Trollvik wrote:
>to enable sshd, add sshd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf and type 
>/etc/rc.d/sshd start
>with the full path, that might be what it is complaining about. 
>The default rcng file works fine for me.
>-Jonas

Thanks Jonas, that fixed it. My rc.conf was nearly empty, I may have
exited the installer prematurly or manually deleted the lines.

// George


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