From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NqDuc-0001Uz-Q0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:04:58 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA18BE0B42; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:04:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f204.google.com (mail-pz0-f204.google.com [209.85.222.204]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 874D8E0B16 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:04:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk42 with SMTP id 42so1123016pzk.32 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:04:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=gEUxKzO5xgqBSkNMdqfX77CpXURnjRemf4Osc7JVsvM=; b=OfAGk445ur5qlrdvNS59caQeu7uUiMnS+jJ972ebZm/PvDdC2VWQg2zIAB1FAnCgG4 2JD/eNsH4Y2aJ4F0Eg0eT0jFTX/EIfK8svOY+xZbYhdGJzfAJhEo16sq5o4AhAmQOMz9 z0fhnupRt3v+vVnnVoWVJg7j7N3nhQiTqYn24= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=eoi0hhAdqqpqO6obAbj2MJZmUeiy0gWJqZdOw/jvrWcgl++CzOnd1mZNzHb6FgeO4t siJz6vnmWn0ApHBS/Omcqrd7hme0B8H3ipa+FfD5uwZsJsEKl2+hOGyK7Rn96SGTGOD/ 58G72EpHkkqZDMKmqGNZp9Vd7oHk/JXCjs2iY= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.120.2 with SMTP id s2mr3139400wfc.245.1268435071988; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:04:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100312230212.7c8f9e65@digimed.co.uk> References: <5bdc1c8b1003121107u503864bay2a2734e3b8e160c@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b1003121123w5d726b62vad6994bee05a56d3@mail.gmail.com> <20100312230212.7c8f9e65@digimed.co.uk> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:04:31 -0800 Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b1003121504y4172e398t53fe6f9e07628ba1@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New openssh install message? From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 1a1a1f18-627c-40a1-b4d4-5d3ec61bfb9c X-Archives-Hash: 1ccab625737a19c62f8a985399c3d89d On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:23:16 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Has anything changed about this? I'm updating a remote m= achine and >> >> don't want to lose connectivity. >> > >> > Probably what the writer of that message meant is to update the >> > config files with dispatch-conf and the like. =C2=A0I don't know to wh= at >> > else "merge" could refer. >> >> Thanks. OK, so I did a restart and I can still ssh in so things seem OK. > > With a remote machine, I always restart SSH, leave the current shell open > and open a new one from another terminal. The old session will continue > to work when you shut down sshd, so if the new install is somehow broken, > you still have the access you need to fix it. > Thanks Neil. That's exactly what I did, additionally logging in as a different user that wasn't present before the restart. Cheers, Mark