error: rexec of /usr/sbin/sshd failed: No such file or directory

cbielich

• September 02, 2020 17:27

I recently had an issue with my Centos 6 box there about a couple of months ago when I would successfully login with ssh the connection would immediately close. I was suspecting packages with yup and saw there were some duplicate packages for OpenSSH. I did a cleanup and now yum is happy. I restarted my box and now I can't connect to ssh. connection refused When I took a look at grep sshd secure I get a ton of error: rexec of /usr/sbin/sshd failed: No such file or directory also when I try and restart sshd /etc/init.d/sshd restart I get stopping sshd: [FAILED] Is there anyone that can point me in a direction to get this fixed? I have been Googling for hours lol When I do command yum distro-sync openssh-server --skip-broken i get Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, universal-hooks Setting up Distribution Synchronization Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * EA4: x.x.x.x * cpanel-addons-production-feed: x.x.x.x * cpanel-plugins: x.x.x.x * base: mirror.dal.nexril.net * epel: sjc.edge.kernel.org * extras: repos.lax.layerhost.com * remi: mirrors.mediatemple.net * remi-safe: mirrors.mediatemple.net * updates: centos-distro.1gservers.com Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package openssh-server.x86_64 0:5.3p1-124.el6_10 will be a downgrade --> Processing Dependency: openssh = 5.3p1-124.el6_10 for package: openssh-server-5.3p1-124.el6_10.x86_64 ---> Package openssh-server.x86_64 0:5.3p1-269.el6 will be erased updates/filelists_db | 7.9 MB 00:00 Packages skipped because of dependency problems: openssh-server-5.3p1-124.el6_10.x86_64 from updates

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  andrew.n

  • September 03, 2020 06:24

  I would disable the extra repositories (remi,remi-safe) and install openssl server again: yum install --disablerepo=remi,remi-safe openssh-server If it's already installed give a reinstall a try: yum reinstall --disablerepo=remi,remi-safe openssh-server

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  cbielich

  • September 03, 2020 15:15

  Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, universal-hooks Setting up Install Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile epel/metalink | 16 kB 00:00 * EA4: xxx.xxx.xxx.xx * cpanel-addons-production-feed: xxx.xxx.xxx.xx * cpanel-plugins: xxx.xxx.xxx.xx * base: linux.mirrors.es.net * epel: mirror.arizona.edu * extras: mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu * updates: repos.lax.layerhost.com EA4 | 2.9 kB 00:00 ... cpanel-addons-production-feed | 2.9 kB 00:00 ... cpanel-plugins | 2.9 kB 00:00 ... base | 3.7 kB 00:00 extras | 3.4 kB 00:00 updates | 3.4 kB 00:00 Package matching openssh-server-5.3p1-124.el6_10.x86_64 already installed. Checking for update. Nothing to do root@ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx[~]# yum reinstall --disablerepo=remi,remi-safe openssh-server Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, universal-hooks Setting up Reinstall Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * EA4: xxx.xxx.xxx.xx * cpanel-addons-production-feed: xxx.xxx.xxx.xx * cpanel-plugins: xxx.xxx.xxx.xx * base: mirror.phx1.us.spryservers.net * epel: mirror.arizona.edu * extras: mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu * updates: repos.lax.layerhost.com Installed package openssh-server-5.3p1-269.el6.x86_64 not available. Error: Nothing to do
  

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  cbielich

  • September 03, 2020 23:08

  This was my exact issue that solved my problem. It was a bug with yum update.

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  cPanelLauren

  • September 04, 2020 21:23

  I am glad to see that you were able to get this resolved. Thanks for updating the thread that @andrew.n's advice helped.

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