Bad example in previous post; here it is better: 0 root@kontiki:~#ps axuw|grep sbin/sshd root 32302 0.0 0.0 61364 3052 ? Ss *18:51* 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D root 32310 0.0 0.0 8864 648 pts/9 S+ 18:53 0:00 grep --color=auto sbin/sshd 0 root@kontiki:~#date Thu Nov 6 *18:53*:34 SAST 2014 0 root@kontiki:~#/etc/init.d/ssh restart # doesn't work 1 root@kontiki:~#ps axuw|grep sbin/sshd root 32302 0.0 0.0 61364 3052 ? Ss *18:51 * 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D root 32320 0.0 0.0 8864 652 pts/9 S+ 18:53 0:00 grep --color=auto sbin/sshd 0 root@kontiki:~#date Thu Nov 6 *18:53*:44 SAST 2014 0 root@kontiki:~#restart ssh # works ssh start/running, process 32325 0 root@kontiki:~#date Thu Nov 6 *18:53*:52 SAST 2014 0 root@kontiki:~#ps axuw|grep sbin/sshd root 32325 0.0 0.0 61364 3048 ? Ss *18:53* 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D root 32329 0.0 0.0 8864 652 pts/9 S+ 18:53 0:00 grep --color=auto sbin/sshd 0 root@kontiki:~# On 6 November 2014 18:38, Jan Groenewald