"Illegal User" logging into sshd

[Prentis Brooks]

Ok, I finally pinpointed the problem, but I don't like my solution.

Basically, it appears that sshd is not recognizing any changes to /etc/passwd
since it started.  To solve this I had to connect to the host and stop all
instances of sshd then restart clean, not pretty and not viable if I want to
script changes to the passwd files across a farm.  Is there another way to
get sshd to review the files, will it accept a kill -HUP and if so, how can
I send the hup, since I can't get the pid from within an ssh session (or is
there a way I haven't found yet?)


Prentis Brooks	| prentis@aol.net | 703-265-0914 | AIM: PrentisB
System Administrator - Web Infrastructure & Security

       A knight is sworn to valor.  His heart knows only virtue.  His blade
       defends the helpless.  His word speaks only truth.  His wrath undoes the
       wicked. - the old code of Bowen, last of the dragonslayers


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