FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:12.openssh

[Robin Smith]

>>>>> "Jacques" == Jacques A Vidrine <nectar at freebsd.org> writes:

    Jacques> I think we'll just not do it quite completely and go with

    Jacques>     # kill `cat /var/run/sshd.pid` 
                 # /usr/sbin/sshd

Doesn't sshd respond to a HUP by re-executing itself rather than
simply re-reading its config files?  That is, wouldn't 
"kill -HUP `cat /var/run/sshd.pid` " do what's wanted (i.e. kill 
and restart the listening daemon while leaving the children for 
established connections alone)?