-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This was a "minimal" install for a virtual server and semanage is not available so the command doesn't work... What package is semanage in? Mike On 07/09/2014 10:45 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote: > On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 10:35:12AM -0400, Mike McCarthy, W1NR wrote: >> I am having a problem getting sshd to run after changing it's default >> port. I edit sshd_config and set the desired port, open it with >> firewall-cmd and then issue a systemctl start sshd. No error gets >> reported on the console but the following is logged in /var/messages >> >> sshd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a >> >> Not a very helpful error message. Sounds like I should report a bug? > > If you have SELinux enabled, it will block sshd from listening on a > port other than what is described in the policy. You can add the > additional port by running: > > semanage port -a -t ssh_port_t -p tcp $PORTNUM > > (replace $PORTNUM with the new port number you chose) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlO9VsEACgkQW1M1BMdnYxmY1wCeNU+Jzf3bdoglIox15IxEuBF1 d/gAoMYocoFEh73K5l2VeBhhsg/vsUdu =5Sio -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----