[CentOS] Cannot start SSH at boot

Thu Sep 1 14:55:17 UTC 2011
Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org>

> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 17:21, Stefan Held <obi at unixkiste.org> wrote:
>> Maybe a specific ip in /etc/ssh/sshd_config ? And the Network is not up?
>>
>> Have a look at /var/log/messages. Any hint there?
>>
>
> Turns out that this install boots to runlevel 5. I didn't install it,
> so I don't know why. But now that I've identified that, giving the
> proper command [1] fixed the issue. Thanks.
>
> [1] chkconfig --level 5 sshd on
>

Or, to simplify things and enable it for all applicable multi-user
runlevels, just run:

chkconfig sshd on


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