Kill -HUP sshd

[dev44]

IF you HUP the sshd daemon, will it knock off current users?

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

No.

Regards!

...JRF...

[TTr]

If you HUP only the main sshd process it will NOT. It just rereads the config file. However if you HUP a child sshd which actually carries the user connection, yes it will terminate.

[dev44]

Thanks! THat's what I thought but just wanted to confirm.

[Pintu Bhagat]

Hi Dev,

It will just refresh the configuration file of ssh, but will not kill any session of the current user.