reloading ssh while setting up a server

[brossen]

Hi,
I'm trying to set up an ubuntu server and am definitely an absolute beginner. I've learned a bit about using the command line and know a little bit about navigating linux, but I've never set up a server before. I'm setting up a LAMP stack on the rackspace cloud and have been following their setup instructions so far (found here: http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/index.php/Ubuntu_Hardy_-_Setup, but have run into an error that I don't know how to solve.

I have created a firewall and adjusted some rules in iptables. I want to reload the ssh configuration to use the new ports and settings.

I tried running:

/etc/init.d/ssh reload

but was told to use the "service(8)" command.

So I tried running:

service ssh reload

but it tells me "reload: unknown instance:"

any help as to what I should do would be much appreciated!

[SuaSwe]

Evening!

I think you need:

/etc/init.d/sshd restart

(Note, sshd rather than ssh, standing for ssh daemon)

[brossen]

I tried running that, but it gave me

-bash: /etc/init.d/sshd No such file or directory

[SuaSwe]

Ah, my bad. Puzzled that neither of those work though - my own server which has SSH installed gives a positive response of "Reloading OpenBSD Secure Shell server's configuration sshd [ OK ]" when sent '/etc/init.d/ssh reload'.

Silly question but do you know for a fact that SSH is correctly installed? What does 'which ssh' give you?

Oh yeah, and exactly what does the "use service command instead" error say?

[mwd5650]

On my Ubuntu server this is the command to restart ssh-server

sudo service ssh restart


not service sshd restart

I'm running 10.04 LTS but I don't think it has changed.

[brossen]

ssh should be installed -- i went through the whole process first and it seemed to work.

which ssh returns:

/usr/bin/ssh

[brossen]

Also -- the exact error is:

Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8) utility, e.g., service ssh reload.

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been connected to an Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g., reload ssh
reload: Unknown instance.

[azmyth]

On my Ubuntu server this is the command to restart ssh-server

sudo service ssh restart


not service sshd restart

I'm running 10.04 LTS but I don't think it has changed.

See in bold

[brossen]

Sorry, I should have written that I attempted using "sudo service ssh restart" and that similarly returned "Unknown instance".

[brossen]

Any possible explanation why

sudo service ssh restart

isn't working here? All signs seem to suggest to me that this should fix the issue, but it isn't working!