[Tfug] ssh doesn't start

[Paul Scott]

Bexley Hall wrote:

>Hi,
>
>  
>
>>I have several machines on a LAN on which ssh works
>>fine.  One machine
>>doesn't have sshd running.  When I do:
>>sudo /etc/init.d/ssh start  (or restart)
>>I get the correct message about sshd starting or
>>restarting but 'ps ax'
>>does not show sshd running and, of course, I can't
>>ssh to that machine.
>>There also is no /var/fun/sshd.pid .
>>
>>TIA for ideas,
>>    
>>
>
>Checked log files? 
>
doh!!

I see 'ssh/udp: bind: address already in use'

netstat -a -p suggests it is being run by inetd.

More later,

Thanks,

Paul