From: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> > On a particular CentOS 6 install, I must start SSH manually: > # /etc/init.d/sshd start > I have tried to configure it to start automatically: > # chkconfig --level 3 sshd on Maybe try: chkconfig --del sshd chkconfig --add sshd Do you see the symlinks? # ll /etc/rc?.d/*sshd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Sep 1 15:06 /etc/rc0.d/K25sshd -> ../init.d/sshd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Sep 1 15:06 /etc/rc1.d/K25sshd -> ../init.d/sshd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Sep 1 15:06 /etc/rc2.d/S55sshd -> ../init.d/sshd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Sep 1 15:06 /etc/rc3.d/S55sshd -> ../init.d/sshd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Sep 1 15:06 /etc/rc4.d/S55sshd -> ../init.d/sshd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Sep 1 15:06 /etc/rc5.d/S55sshd -> ../init.d/sshd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Sep 1 15:06 /etc/rc6.d/K25sshd -> ../init.d/sshd JD