Re: why can I upgrade SSH via SSH?
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 07:50:28PM -0500, Kurt Lieber wrote:
> I was ssh'd in to a remote machine doing an apt-get upgrade and watched
> patiently as it upgraded ssh to the latest patched version.
>
> I also watched as it restarted the sshd daemon without terminating my
> existing ssh connection. How is that possible? Wouldn't restarting the
> daemon kill all existing instances of that daemon?
If sshd forks to handle incoming connections, then it's parent can exit
without adversely affecting the child process.
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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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