Removing SSH

[frederick hannah]

How do I remove ssh? I have swremoved the zlib and openssl binaries, but the ssh process is still active. Do I kill the process>

[Steven E. Protter]

ps -ef | grep ssh

get the process id and issue a kill -9 for the process.

I'm attaching a script called gkill that does the same thing.

SEP

[Patrick Wallek]

Yes, at this point you probably do need to kill the process. Since you have already removed the binaries, there isn't much hope of a graceful shutdown, so a kill is probably your only option at this point.

You should also look in /sbin/init.d for an SSH script to start/stop it automatically at boot. Also look through /sbin/rc?.d for the S* and K* scripts for SSH that link back to /sbin/init.d. You probably also need to have a look in /etc/rc.config.d for an SSH related files as well.

[Massimo Bianchi]

Hi,
How was it installed ?

if it was installed with swinstall, then swremove will tear it away.

Otherway:


check /etc/inittab, comment the line and after
issue a

init q

to have the system re-read the changed config.

after that, kill sshd.

Take care in the "init q" phase, i know it has to be done so, but i have had never the need to use it.

Massimo

[frederick hannah]

I think I am in the clear. I thought I had fouled-up the works. I stopped the ssh process with /sbin/init.d/sshd stop, unlinked the S* and K* scripts from sshd, and deleted the executable sshd. If I have missed anything, let me know. And thanks a tetra for your help

[Caesar_3]

Hello!

If you installed it with swinstall so
from what you wrote you didn't remove
the openssh, if you needed to remove the
script of it.
Check if you have /opt/ssh or /opt/openssh
This you also need to remove.

Caesar