Re: Reloading host keys without sshd restart

"ondrew" == ondrew <ondrew@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

ondrew> Hi, I'm trying to figure out which versions of OpenSSH
ondrew> automatically reload server keys
ondrew> (/etc/ssh/ssh_host_{dsa,rsa,}_key) when you change them
ondrew> without restarting the sshd daemon.

ondrew> I already know that 4.5p1 on GNU/Linux does automatically
ondrew> reload them, whereas 3.7.1p2 on HP-UX does not.

ondrew> I was searching through the source code of 4.5p1 trying to
ondrew> figure out, where the reload happens, so that I could grep
ondrew> through all the other sources, but I can't figure out, where
ondrew> exactly does it happen.

ondrew> To me it seems, like the server keys are loaded just once in
ondrew> the main() function of sshd.c to the structure sensitive_data
ondrew> and are stored there ever since. Therefore I don't understand
ondrew> the 4.5p1 behavior.

ondrew> Thanks very much for any help

ondrew> Ondra Novak

More recent versions of OpenSSH re-exec themselves for each connection.

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