From 7eefd34e4adc9a4c88fc667f99bf76e967270813 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Little <scott.little@windriver.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 15:32:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] WRS:
 openssh-init-script-kill-old-instances-on-start.patch

---
 SOURCES/sshd.init | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/SOURCES/sshd.init b/SOURCES/sshd.init
index 8901b4f..cd8b4ab 100755
--- a/SOURCES/sshd.init
+++ b/SOURCES/sshd.init
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ start()
 	# Create keys if necessary
 	/usr/sbin/sshd-keygen
 
+        # In rare instances, sshd may be started but a pid
+        # file is not generated. This is seen usually during
+        # system reboot scenarios. A subsequent attempt to start
+        # sshd here will trigger a port bind error. As a sanity
+        # check attempt a kill call (mostly redundant) to any
+        # previously running sshd instance
+        /bin/kill `/usr/sbin/pidof "$SSHD"` >/dev/null 2>&1
+
 	echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
 	$SSHD $OPTIONS && success || failure
 	RETVAL=$?
-- 
1.9.1