After you have changed your configuration on your remote Unix/linux server you must restart your ssh service. The easiest way to do this is to simply restart your Unix machine. This is not always possible however.
To restart sshd without restarting your whole system, enter the following command as root
To restart sshd without restarting your whole system, enter the following command as root
RedHat and Fedora Core Linux
/sbin/service sshd restart
- Sudo systemctl restart sshd.service The command to restart sshd varies from one variant of Linux or Unix distro to another. Hence, we will see all other commands below. Please note that you must login as root user to restart services.
- Double-click the sshd entry in Services to open its properties. On the 'Log On' tab, see the user account which is used by the sshd server. In my case, it is NT Service sshd. Now, open an elevated command prompt. Go to the c: windows system32 Openssh directory using the command cd c: windows system32 Openssh.
- # service sshd restart or # /etc/init.d/sshd restart For systemd Systems # systemctl restart sshd or # systemctl restart sshd.service 4) How To Reload The ssh Service In Linux? Use the below commands to reload the ssh server in Linux. For SysVinit Systems # service sshd reload or # /etc/init.d/sshd reload For systemd Systems.
- How to start, restart and stop SSH service SSH service by OpenSSH is normally provided by the sshd daemon. In most Unix -based operating systems the daemon process can be managed by systemd, System V. Init scripts or the service command. You can use all three methods to manage your SSH server on most platforms.
After you have changed your configuration on your remote Unix/linux server you must restart your ssh service. The easiest way to do this is to simply restart your Unix machine. This is not always possible however. To restart sshd without restarting your whole system, enter the following command as root. RedHat and Fedora Core Linux.
Suse linux
/etc/rc.d/sshd restart
Debian/Ubuntu
/etc/init.d/sshd restart
Solaris 9 and below
/etc/init.d/sshd stop
/etc/init.d/sshd start
/etc/init.d/sshd start
Solaris 10
svcadm disable ssh
svcadm enable ssh
svcadm enable ssh
AIX
stopsrc -s sshd
startsrc -s sshd
startsrc -s sshd
HP-UX
/sbin/init.d/secsh stop
/sbin/init.d/secsh start
/sbin/init.d/secsh start
You must have server root access to restart SSH service on a linux server. The below commands will work only if your linux server is CentOS 6 or RHEL 6 release. Before doing the below steps you must check the file “/etc/redhat-release” to find the OS version.
[root@server ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Linux release 6
The commands are different on other linux operating system so please check the OS before running the below commands. You can use software like putty to connect to your RHEL server through SSH. The below commands will work only on CentOS and Redhat 6 server. I have created another article for centOS 7 servers.
[root@server ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Linux release 6
The commands are different on other linux operating system so please check the OS before running the below commands. You can use software like putty to connect to your RHEL server through SSH. The below commands will work only on CentOS and Redhat 6 server. I have created another article for centOS 7 servers.
HOW TO RESTART SSH SERVICE ON CENTOS 6 / RHEL 6 server
1 . Log into your CentOS Server as ‘root’ user2. Run the command ‘service sshd restart’ to restart SSH service
Command 1 : service sshd restart
OR
command 2 : /etc/init.d/sshd restart
You can either use the command “service sshd restart” OR “/etc/init.d/sshd restart” to restart SSH service. There is no need to run both commands.
[root@server ~]# service sshd restartStopping sshd: [ OK ]
Starting sshd: [ OK ]
[root@server ~]# /etc/init.d/sshd restart
Stopping sshd: [ OK ]
Starting sshd: [ OK ]
Stopping sshd: [ OK ]
Starting sshd: [ OK ]
HOW TO STOP SSH SERVICE ON CENTOS/REDHAT 6 SERVERS
Do the below steps to stop SSH service on linux server.IMPORTANT : You might get disconnected from the server if you stop SSH service on your server. You can safely stop SSH service only if you have console access to the server.
Command to stop SSH service on centOS/RHEL linux server is given below.
1. Log into your linux server via SSH as ‘root’ user
2. Run the command ‘service sshd stop’ to stop SSH
Service Sshd Restart Command Not Found
Command 1 : /etc/init.d/sshd stop
OR
Command 2 : service sshd stop
root@server [~]# /etc/init.d/sshd stopStopping sshd: [ OK ]
OR
root@server [~]# service sshd stop
Stopping sshd: [ OK ]
Stopping sshd: [ OK ]
HOW TO START SSH SERVICE ON CENTOS/REDHAT SERVERS
Service Sshd Start
Commands to start SSH service on Linux Server is given below.![5027 5027](/uploads/1/3/4/8/134818460/108134531.png)
1. Log into your linux server as root user
2. Run the command ‘service sshd start’ to start SSH service
Command 1 : /etc/init.d/sshd start
OR
Command 2 : service sshd start
root@server [~]# /etc/init.d/sshd startStarting sshd: [ OK ]
OR
root@server [~]# service sshd start
Starting sshd: [ OK ]
Starting sshd: [ OK ]
[OK] = This means service is started successfully
[Failed] = Means the service failed to start for some reason. Example : The service won’t start if the disk space is 100% full or if there is high load on the server. You must check the server logs to find the exact error and troubleshoot accordingly.
[Failed] = Means the service failed to start for some reason. Example : The service won’t start if the disk space is 100% full or if there is high load on the server. You must check the server logs to find the exact error and troubleshoot accordingly.
HOW TO CHECK THE STATUS OF SSH SERVICE
Run the command ‘service sshd status’ to check the current status of SSH service. This command will show whether SSH service is running or stopped on your linux Server.The below shows that SSH service is running fine on the server.
Command : service sshd status
OR
Command : /etc/init.d/sshd status
root@server [~]# service sshd statusHow To Restart Ssh Server
openssh-daemon (pid 14945) is running…Service Sshd Restart Unrecognized Service
root@server [~]# /etc/init.d/sshd status
openssh-daemon (pid 14945) is running…
‘14945’ is the process ID of the SSH process. Killing this process ID will stop SSH service and you will get disconnected from the server. openssh-daemon (pid 14945) is running…
If the SSH service is down on the server it will show “openssh-daemon is stopped”
root@server [~]# service sshd status
openssh-daemon is stopped
openssh-daemon is stopped
Service Sshd Restart Centos 7
If you have any webhosting control panels installed (like cPanel, plesk etc) then you can try restarting the service from frontend panel.