Re: killing daemons on package removal?
>>>>> "Goswin" == Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
Goswin> ssh server -l root # dpkg --purge ssh Connection closed by
Goswin> foreign host
Goswin> Purging ssh would kill shhd, which would kill the dpkg,
Goswin> which would leafe the system in a very inconsistent state.
Why on earth would you purge ssh if you are currently using ssh?
Anyway, killing sshd only prevents it from accepting new connections,
not kill off existing connections (at least in potato).
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Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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