I have to assume it's something unique to your install, then. I run about a dozen sshd instances on as many CentOS 7 boxes around here. To a one, systemctl restart sshd is all it takes to implement config changes. Only time it's given me fits is if I forget to actually write the config file in VIM. That pesky w gets me on rare occasion. On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 11:50 AM, <me at tdiehl.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, Tate Belden wrote: > > Might I suggest using "systemctl restart sshd", instead of reload? At the >> least - see if it behaves differently for you. >> > > restart, reload, stop then start all produce the same results. > > If I do not change the configuration, and just issue the restart, reload, > etc. > then it behaves as expected. Obviously that is not useful when you have > configuration changes. > > I tested this on a couple of other VM's and get the same results. > > > Regards, > > -- > Tom me at tdiehl.org Spamtrap address > me123 at tdiehl.org > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Natrona County Beekeepers <http://ncbees.org> Casper Amateur Radio Club <http://casperarc.net>