HI ALL

THERE IS A WEIRD PROBLEM, AFTER I CHANGE SSHD_CONF PARAMETERS, FOR EXAMPLE
Port 22 , if i chnage Port 2289 Or PermitRootLogin no , and restart sshd , but again i can acces from root in port 22.

# sshd -v
sshd: illegal option -- v
OpenSSH_4.5p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006


And i have instaled DenyHosts product .

Please can any one help me, what can i do , i tryed to uninstall bbut doesnt work i cant install and to reinstall it.

# rpm -e openssh openssh-server
error: Failed dependencies:
openssh = 4.7p1-4.fc8 is needed by (installed) openssh-clients-4.7p1-4.fc8.i386
openssh = 4.7p1-4.fc8 is needed by (installed) openssh-askpass-4.7p1-4.fc8.i386
openssh-server is needed by (installed) denyhosts-2.6-7.fc8.noarch

You should restart sshd from init.d
sshd has no -v option

/etc/init.d/sshd restart

Yes my friends , i have restarted it and restart normaly , but after restart changes no efect , again i can acces with root user and in port 22.

please post your ssh config

Also check if the server is being started with the -f </path/to/configfile> or -i options. Make sure the correct config file is being used. The -i option will start the server from xinetd, and configuration options there may make some changes.

What does lsof -c sshd indicate for the port.