Restored linode sshd fails
** issue fixed by re-opening the non-standard port I use for sshd in selinux
After a restore from backup, the sshd.service fails to start.
here is the output from systemctl status sshd.service:
[root@localhost home]# systemctl status sshd.service
● sshd.service - OpenSSH server daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service; enabled; vendor pres>
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2022-05-28>
Docs: man:sshd(8)
man:sshd_config(5)
Process: 7521 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sshd -D $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=255>
Main PID: 7521 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
CPU: 17ms
is there something I'm missing here or is my restored linode broken?
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watrick
Linode Staff
Thanks for updating your post to let the community know that you were able to resolve this. Based on what you said you did to reconnect to your Linode after the restore job, I did a Google search and found a post that outlines the steps to open a non-standard port for a service in SELinux. I wanted to share this in case anyone else encounters this issue and isn't aware of how to do this:
How to configure SSH to use a non-standard port with SELinux set to enforcing