SSH in maintainance mode in solaris 10

UNIX Solaris
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svc:/network/ssh:default (SSH server)
 State: maintenance since Fri Jan 27 14:19:58 2012
Reason: Start method failed repeatedly, last exited with status 255.
   See: URL
   See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 1M sshd
   See: /var/svc/log/network-ssh:default.log
Impact: This service is not running.
bash-3.00#

Someone please help

---------- Post updated at 02:30 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:27 PM ----------

bash-3.00# svcs -v ssh
STATE          NSTATE        STIME    CTID   FMRI
maintenance    -             14:19:58      - svc:/network/ssh:default
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Post output of:

tail -20 /var/svc/log/network-ssh:default.log
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bash-3.00# tail -20 /var/svc/log/network-ssh:default.log
[ Jan 24 00:44:09 Method "start" exited with status 255 ]
[ Jan 27 13:08:10 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/sshd start") ]
/etc/ssh/sshd_config: line 18: Bad configuration option: for
/etc/ssh/sshd_config: terminating, 1 bad configuration options
[ Jan 27 13:08:11 Method "start" exited with status 255 ]
[ Jan 27 13:08:11 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/sshd start") ]
/etc/ssh/sshd_config: line 18: Bad configuration option: for
/etc/ssh/sshd_config: terminating, 1 bad configuration options
[ Jan 27 13:08:11 Method "start" exited with status 255 ]
[ Jan 27 13:08:12 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/sshd start") ]
/etc/ssh/sshd_config: line 18: Bad configuration option: for
/etc/ssh/sshd_config: terminating, 1 bad configuration options
[ Jan 27 13:08:12 Method "start" exited with status 255 ]
[ Jan 27 14:19:32 Leaving maintenance because disable requested. ]
[ Jan 27 14:19:32 Disabled. ]
[ Jan 27 14:19:57 Enabled. ]
[ Jan 27 14:19:57 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/sshd start") ]
/etc/ssh/sshd_config: line 18: Bad configuration option: for
/etc/ssh/sshd_config: terminating, 1 bad configuration options
[ Jan 27 14:19:57 Method "start" exited with status 255 ]
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/etc/ssh/sshd_config: line 18: Bad configuration option: for

This should give you a clue to where to look.

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/ets/ssh/sshd_config file looks wierd. I mean i am accessing through console. not able to edit or view it properly

---------- Post updated at 02:45 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:45 PM ----------

i mean remote console through telnet

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Are you opening it in vi ? If so try:

export TERM=ansi; vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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Thanks a lot. figured it out. Thanks for your time.

in /etc/ssh/sshd_config file some comment was un-commented. i re-commented it and restarted the ssh service. it worked.