If sshd is restart will any connections be disconnected

Author: Vivek Gite Last updated: November 17, 2006 3 comments

Q. I have dedicated Linux server located in remote data center. My questions if sshd is restarts will any connections are disconnected?

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A. No ssh will not disconnect your ssh existing ssh session. You can use normal ssh restart command:
# /etc/init.d/ssh restart

Similarly when you restart network ssh session will not be disconnected:
# /etc/init.d/network restart

However if you are making any changes to iptables based firewall script, you may loss the connectivity due to wrong iptables rules.

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