7. Start/Stop/Boot Script for sshd

7.1 IRIX

Create a file called /etc/init.d/sshd Here is the contents:

#!/sbin/sh
#
# Start/Stop the Secure Shell Daemon - SSHD
#
#     Written by  Paul Gluhosky    11 May 1999
#
 
SSHD=/usr/local/sbin/sshd
 
IS_ON=/etc/chkconfig
 
if $IS_ON verbose; then
        ECHO=echo
else
        # For a quiet startup and shutdown
        ECHO=:
fi
 
case "$1" in
  'start')
        if $IS_ON sshd; then
                if test -x $SSHD; then   
                        $ECHO "Starting sshd"
                        $SSHD > /dev/null 2>&1
                        $ECHO "."
                fi
        fi
        ;;
 
  'stop')
        if test -x $SSHD; then
                $ECHO "Stopping sshd"
                /sbin/killall $SSHD
                $ECHO "."
        fi
        ;;
 
  *)
        echo "usage: $0 {start|stop}"
        ;;
esac                                                                            

Next create the following link:

ln -s /etc/init.d/sshd /etc/rc2.d/S95sshd

7.2 RedHat Linux

If you compile SSH by hand and don't use an RPM, you'll need to do this. Create a file called /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd Here is the contents:

#!/bin/sh
#
# chkconfig: 345 55 45
# description: sshd (secure shell daemon) is a server part of the ssh suite.
#       Ssh can be used for remote login, remote file copying, TCP port
#       forwarding etc. Ssh offers strong encryption and authentication.
#

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting sshd: "
        if test -r /var/run/sshd.pid && kill -0 `cat /var/run/sshd.pid`
        then echo "already running according to /var/run/sshd.pid. Not started."
        else /usr/sbin/sshd
                echo sshd
        fi
        touch /var/lock/subsys/sshd
        ;;
  stop)
        echo -n "Stopping sshd: "
        [ -f /var/run/sshd.pid ] || exit 0
        kill -TERM `cat /var/run/sshd.pid`
        rm -f /var/run/sshd.pid
        rm -f /var/lock/subsys/sshd
        echo "sshd"
        ;;
  restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
  status)
        status sshd
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
        exit 1
esac

exit 0

Next issue the following command:

/sbin/chkconfig --add sshd

7.3 Solaris

Create a file called /etc/init.d/sshd Here is the contents:

#!/sbin/sh
#
# Start/Stop the Secure Shell Daemon - SSHD
#
#       Written by Jay Emerson, September 20, 1999
#       with advice from Paul Gluhosky.

case "$1" in
'start')
        if [ -f /usr/local/sbin/sshd ]; then
                /usr/local/sbin/sshd
                echo "Started Secure Shell Daemon"
        fi
        ;;

'stop')
        kill -9 `ps -ef | grep sshd | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
        ;;

*)
        echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop }"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
exit 0

Next copy the file to the startup directory:

cp /etc/init.d/sshd /etc/rc2.d/S95sshd

7.4 Digital UNIX

Create a file called /sbin/init.d/sshd Here is the contents:

#!/sbin/sh
#
# Start/Stop the Secure Shell Daemon - SSHD
#
#       Written by Jay Emerson, September 20, 1999
#       with advice from Paul Gluhosky.

case "$1" in
'start')
        if [ -f /usr/local/sbin/sshd ]; then
                /usr/local/sbin/sshd
                echo "Started Secure Shell Daemon"
        fi
        ;;

'stop')
        kill -9 `ps -ef | grep sshd | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
        ;;

*)
        echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop }"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
exit 0

Next copy the file to the startup directory:

cp /sbin/init.d/sshd /sbin/rc3.d/S95sshd