Quoting Alexander Apprich A.Apprich@science-computing.de:
Seems like you already have sshd running (as I have the same message and no probs logging into my box). What does
ps axuwww | grep -i sshd
say? If the server crashes on startup, what is the message when you try to start it with
service sshd start
Well, I never get any error message on the screen. What I am doing is rebooting my box and then logging in. I am not manually starting sshd. I've tried "service restart sshd" and I get the same error message in the log. I'll check the ps you suggest when I get home...