>You could see if anything is holding the port open with fuser > >/sbin/fuser -n tcp 22 > >then if it lists a process id you can grep that out of the process >table > >ps aux | grep PID where PID is the numeric ID > > >Now, if no pid is shown, andI've had this in the past with linux, it >could be that the port is still marked as being in use somehow >(kernel?) > >Usually at that point the only course of action is reboot. > >Cheers, > >Al > Thanks, If I stop sshd and then run /sbin/fuser it shows nothing. If sshd is running it has the PID of sshd. -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...