Hello Michael,
thanks for the help! the links are there: [...] and sshd starts if i run rcsshd start. however, there is a line in boot.msg about there not being a sshd user for priv. sep.: Privilege separation user sshd does not exist <notice>'/etc/init.d/rc5.d/S08sshd start' exits with status 0 is the current sshd rpm not making this user correctly? there is no sshd user in /etc/passwd.
This pseudo-user should be there, as Peter Poeml just pointed out. Surprises me a bit that you can start sshd by hand with this user not being present. "Es geschehen noch Zeichen und Wunder..." Does a "grep sshd /var/log/boot.msg" offer any enlightenment? It might give a reason why starting sshd doesn't succeed. Best wishes, Nico van Eikema Hommes -- Dr. N.J.R. van Eikema Hommes Computer-Chemie-Centrum hommes@chemie.uni-erlangen.de Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg Phone: +49-(0)9131-8526532 Naegelsbachstr. 25 FAX: +49-(0)9131-8526565 91052 Erlangen, Germany