Restart Service Sshd

HOW TO RESTART SSH SERVICE ON CENTOS 6 / RHEL 6 server

Restart Sshd Service In Aix

Stop the sshd daemon. Restart: Equivalent to a stop and then a start command sequence. Reload: Force the sshd daemon to re-read its configuration files without a service interruption. Condrestart: If the sshd daemon is currently running, this is the same as a restart command. Is it possible to restart the SSHD service without restarting the whole appliance? Restart SSH On Debian / Ubuntu Linux. /etc/init.d/ssh restart. Service ssh restart. Sudo service ssh restart. Explains how to reload and restart ssh service (OpenSSH SSHD daemon) under Linux or UNIX like operating systems using command line options. Service ssh restart The service is also controlled by upstart, and not sysvinit. So you'll find it at /etc/init/ssh.conf instead of /etc/init.d/ssh.

1 . Log into your CentOS Server as ‘root’ user

2. 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 restart
Stopping sshd: [ OK ]
Starting sshd: [ OK ]

[root@server ~]# /etc/init.d/sshd restart
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

Command 1 : /etc/init.d/sshd stop

OR

Command 2 : service sshd stop

root@server [~]# /etc/init.d/sshd stop
Stopping sshd: [ OK ]

OR

root@server [~]# service sshd stop
Stopping sshd: [ OK ]

Restart Service Sshd Centos 7

HOW TO START SSH SERVICE ON CENTOS/REDHAT SERVERS

Commands to start SSH service on Linux Server is given below.

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 start
Starting sshd: [ OK ]

OR

Centos Restart Ssh Service

root@server [~]# service sshd start
Starting sshd: [ OK ]

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

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Command : /etc/init.d/sshd status

root@server [~]# service sshd status
openssh-daemon (pid 14945) is running…

root@server [~]# /etc/init.d/sshd status
openssh-daemon (pid 14945) is running…

Redhat Restart Sshd Service

‘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.

If the SSH service is down on the server it will show “openssh-daemon is stopped”

Ubuntu Restart Sshd Service

“openssh-daemon is stopped” is stopped means the service is not running on your server. You can run the command “service sshd start” to start the service. You must check the server logs if you are unable to start the service.

If you have any webhosting control panels installed (like cPanel, plesk etc) then you can try restarting the service from frontend panel.