chkconfig sshd returns _nothing_ in new Fedora15 install

[malkortechie]

I've had no problems remoting into my fedora box before but, after a clean wipe and install of Fedora 15, I can't seem to catch a break.



I've tried to set up the service already, per Google'd howto's specific to F15, including turning off SELinux. When I have chkconfig list...

[root@icarus malkor]# chkconfig --list



I get...

Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native

systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overridden by native

systemd configuration.



abrt-ccpp 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off

abrt-oops 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off

auditd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

backuppc 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

btseed 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

bttrack 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

cgconfig 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

cgred 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

cpuspeed 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

dnsmasq 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

ebtables 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

firstboot 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

gfs2 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

gpsd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

hddtemp 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

ip6tables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

ipsec 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

irda 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

iscsi 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

iscsid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

ksm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

ksmtuned 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

libvirt-guests 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

libvirtd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

lirc 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

lvm2-monitor 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

mdmonitor 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

multipathd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

mysqld 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

netconsole 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

network 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

openvpn 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

pcscd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

portreserve 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

psacct 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

rpcbind 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

rpcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

rpcidmapd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

rpcsvcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

sandbox 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off

saslauthd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

sendmail 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

smolt 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

snmpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

snmptrapd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

speech-dispatcherd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

sshd 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

wpa_supplicant 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

ypbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

zvbid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off



xinetd based services:

chargen-dgram: off

chargen-stream: off

daytime-dgram: off

daytime-stream: off

discard-dgram: off

discard-stream: off

echo-dgram: off

echo-stream: off

rsync: off

tcpmux-server: off

tftp: off

time-dgram: off

time-stream: off





Also did...

[root@icarus etc]# chkconfig --list sshd



Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native

systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overridden by native

systemd configuration.



sshd 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off





...so SSH is listed, and I'm in my normal runlevel: multiuser w/ KDE. After checking the man page for chkconfig, I tried...

[root@icarus malkor]# chkconfig ssh





...which returned nothing.



I then tried...

[root@icarus malkor]# chkconfig /etc/init.d/sshd



...and, to make sure I was using the correct one, I did ...

[root@icarus malkor]# which sshd

/usr/sbin/sshd





Wheh I tried with that full-path-filename, however, I got the same result...

[root@icarus malkor]# chkconfig /usr/sbin/sshd





When I 'ls -l' each copy of ssh, I got...

-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 4600 Jul 14 08:05 /etc/init.d/sshd

-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 548648 Jul 14 08:05 /usr/sbin/sshd





...so neither is a link: both appear to be executable and the script in init.d _does_ point to the actual program in /usr/sbin.



I then tried...

[root@icarus malkor]# service sshd status



...which got me.

sshd.service - LSB: Start up the OpenSSH server daemon

Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd)

Active: active (exited) since Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:06:58 -0500; 9h ago

Process: 954 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Main PID: 1084 (code=exited, status=255)

CGroup: name=systemd:/system/sshd.service



I tried to Google 'service sshd status' to find out what I _should_ see, but all I found were error-reports. I could find no good, current examplar.





Checked a couple of other things...

[root@icarus etc]# ps -ef | grep ssh

malkor 1467 1338 0 Jul20 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients

root 8140 2457 0 06:48 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto ssh

[root@icarus malkor]#

[root@icarus malkor]# service sshd status

sshd.service - LSB: Start up the OpenSSH server daemon

Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd)

Active: active (exited) since Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:06:58 -0500; 9h ago

Process: 954 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Main PID: 1084 (code=exited, status=255)

CGroup: name=systemd:/system/sshd.service







Read a few more 'man' pages and tried...

[root@icarus malkor]# chkconfig ssh on

error reading information on service ssh: No such file or directory



And, finally, I can't even ssh into my own localhost.



I'll provide whatever else is needed: I'm just spun round right now and don't know what to do next. Thanks for the help!