updating openssh

[Keith Morse]

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Net Llama! wrote:

> Well, obviously its a bad idea, but why can't you fall back to telnet now?
> 
> At any rate, i think until you HUP the daemon, it will continue to run 
> while its being upgraded.  At least the newer versions do.
> 
> On 01/06/03 20:12, m.w.chang wrote:
> > 
> > how could one upgrade openssh if openssh is the only remote shell 
> > available on a linux server? I always fell back to telnet when I needed 
> > to update openssh.


I have done this with rpm when upgrading openssh.  This first time, I did 
it blithely not realizing at that moment the potential "screw myself" 
effect.  About 5 minutes after the fact my brain finally realized what I 
had done and said "hey, Hey, HEY!".   But it worked.