openssh unix dev - Jan 2004 - Problem restarting SSHD in AIX when the server got rebooted.

Hi ,

I had downloaded the OpenSSH AIX binary packages from
http://www.zip.com.au/~dtucker/openssh/ . It is working fine usually, but when i
reboot the server it doesnt start the sshd daemon automatically.
I see there is a line added in /etc/rc.tcpip server to start the sshd on restart
while intallation of the package. But it is throwing the following error in
error log while the server is rebooted.
#errpt -a 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LABEL:          SRC
IDENTIFIER:     E18E984F
Date/Time:       Tue Jan 20 18:44:55
Sequence Number: 418
Machine Id:      000D55FD4C00
Node Id:         oaklab4
Class:           S
Type:            PERM
Resource Name:   SRC
Description
SOFTWARE PROGRAM ERROR
Probable Causes
APPLICATION PROGRAM
Failure Causes
SOFTWARE PROGRAM
        Recommended Actions
        PERFORM PROBLEM RECOVERY PROCEDURES
Detail Data
SYMPTOM CODE
         256
SOFTWARE ERROR CODE
       -9020
ERROR CODE
           0
DETECTING MODULE
'srchevn.c'@line:'343'
FAILING MODULE
sshd
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
But i am able to restart the sshd manually using startsrc. I notice that the
problem is because /etc/rc.tcpip is using startsrc -s sshd -a "0|1" .
I tried the same command manually and an error ( as mentioned above) was logged.
I hope this could be a know problem for you. Please let me know the solution for
the same.. Your Help would be greatly apprecited.

Regards,
Kishore Vinjam.

Vinjam, Kishore wrote:
[problem starting sshd on AIX via rc.tcpip and startsrc]

For the benefit of the list archives and/or Google: this was due to the 
$3 variable being poluted elsewhere (not sure where) and still being set 
when the "start sshd" line was reached ("start" is a shell
function that
takes up to 3 arguments).  It was resolved by changing the sshd line in 
/etc/rc.tcpip from:

start /usr/local/sbin/sshd "$src_running"

to

start /usr/local/sbin/sshd "$src_running" ""

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