Sam MacDonald wrote: > No I don't have a fire wall running (thank you James Spinti) > > I did (as root) ps -ef grep | sshd (thank you Johnny Fulcrum) > results The pipe "|" goes _before_ the grep command. What this does is send the output of the ps command to grep to use as input. Aahhhh, the beauty of *nix. If you get no output from "ps -ef | grep sshd", then the sshd server is not running or perhaps not installed. -- The Wandering Dru <dru at druswanderings.net> http://druswanderings.net <--- Things 'n' Such Get nifty TCLUG merchandise at the TCLUG Store! http://www.cafeshops.com/tclug _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list