0000687: sshd folder missing. - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000687	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2013-11-03 18:04	2013-11-03 19:58

Reporter	kimocoder	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Platform	x64	OS	Kali	OS Version	1.0
Product Version	1.0.5

Summary	0000687: sshd folder missing.
Description	When running "/usr/sbin/sshd" the folder "/var/run/sshd" is missing and needed for start. "mkdir /var/run/sshd"

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2013-11-03 18:04	kimocoder	New Issue
2013-11-03 19:58	rhertzog	Note Added: 0001056
2013-11-03 19:58	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2013-11-03 19:58	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2013-11-03 19:58	rhertzog	Resolution	open => won't fix

rhertzog 2013-11-03 19:58 administrator ~0001056	/var/run is not a persistent directory, it's often a RAM fs. So the required directories are created on the fly by the initscripts, in this case /etc/init.d/ssh. So if you want to start sshd, use the appropriate initscript. "service ssh start" or "/etc/init.d/ssh start".