Ankush Grover wrote: [snip] > Here is the output. > > > strace -x /etc/init.d/sshd start output is in the file strace strace won't follow child processes, so this won't help any. Start with the built in debugging: /usr/sbin/sshd -ddd If that doesn't work, run it with strace directly. strace -x /usr/sbin/sshd -ddd -- William Hooper