You need to run a script called /etc/init.d/ssh to stop, start, and restart the OpenSSH server. You can also use the service command to control a System V init script. If you are using the latest version of Ubuntu such as 12.04 LTS or 13.04+, you need to use upstart job based commands as listed below.
Ubuntu Linux: Start OpenSSH Server
Type the following command:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/ssh start
OR
$ sudo service ssh start
Ubuntu Linux: Stop OpenSSH server
Type the following command:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/ssh stop
OR
$ sudo service ssh stop
Ubuntu Linux: Restart OpenSSH server
Type the following command:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart
OR
$ sudo service ssh restart
Ubuntu Linux: See status of OpenSSH server
Type the following command:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/ssh status
OR
$ sudo service ssh status
Controlling sshd using upstart based commands
Since the script /etc/init.d/ssh has been converted to an Upstart based job, try the following commands to start / stop / restart the OpenSSH server:
Stop/Start/Restart the OpenSSH using the following commands
The syntax is:
sudo stop ssh sudo start ssh sudo restart ssh sudo status ssh |
Sample outputs:
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Really? Starting, stopping, and restarting all require the exact same instructions?
Thanks for the heads up, it was a typo. The FAQ has been updated.
Maybe this should be updated with the new ‘service $foo (start|stop|restart)’ offering?
Isnt it suprising that all the restarts have the same syntax. But yes they do.
Stop/Start/Restart the OpenSSH using the following commands
The syntax is:
sudo stop ssh
sudo start ssh
sudo restart ssh
sudo status ssh
Good info…
Thanks
If you are one of those hardcore Linux guys, and have installed openssh from source, the only way I found to start the server was..
root:~# /usr/local/sbin/sshd -d
(or)
root:~# /usr/sbin/sshd -d