failed to start openssh daemon on suse gnome 13.1

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#1

Hi, everybody

I’m trying to start my sshd server because i need to connect to my ssh server from a network device (switch) and download a new firmware with sftp connection.
I’ve followed this wiki: https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:SFTP_server_with_Chroot but i’m not able to configure the sshd server.
This is the systemctl status sshd.service:

systemctl status sshd.service
sshd.service - OpenSSH Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since mar 2014-03-11 15:03:14 CET; 52min ago
Process: 3525 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sshd -D $SSHD_OPTS (code=exited,
status=255)
Process: 3521 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/sshd-gen-keys-start (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 3525 (code=exited, status=255)
CGroup: /system.slice/sshd.service

: sshd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
: Unit sshd.service entered failed state.
: sshd.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
: Stopping OpenSSH Daemon…
: Starting OpenSSH Daemon…
: sshd.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
: Failed to start OpenSSH Daemon.
: Unit sshd.service entered failed state.

Any help will be appreciated
Regards
Max

#2

What if you do

systemctl restart sshd.service

?

#3

On 2014-03-11 16:06, matti67 wrote:
>
> Hi, everybody
>
> I’m trying to start my sshd server because i need to connect to my ssh
> server from a network device (switch) and download a new firmware with
> sftp connection.
> I’ve followed this wiki:

sshd works out of the box in openSUSE. You don’t need to do anything,
just enable it in YaST during the system installation.

But I never tried to do it with a chroot. Isn’t that excessive?

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

#4

I just tested the instructions on the web page you linked to create a chrooted sftp on 13.1 and it worked fine in a VM.

Perhaps /var/log/messages could shed some light on why sshd won’t start?

#5

On 03/11/2014 01:36 PM, Miuku pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> I just tested the instructions on the web page you linked to create a
> chrooted sftp on 13.1 and it worked fine in a VM.
>
> Perhaps /var/log/messages could shed some light on why sshd won’t start?
>
>

Go to YaST Control Center and click on System Services. Scroll down to
sshd, highlight it and click on the enable and start buttons. If you
running the firewall enable port 22 (ssh) for inbound connections.

Ken