connection refused [3]

I got a Xssh Error "Unable to open connection:
connection refused" when I connected to a rh8 server after a reboot,but it was worked fine before the rebooting,and there was no configuration changed,what is the wrong?

The error occurs when the ssh server is not running on the Linux box. Please check if the sshd process is running on the server. Also, confirm that the ssh port number is configured correctly.

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I use #service sshd status to check the sshd process,and get the message"sshd dead but subsys locked",what's the wrong?

The sshd doesn't seem to work correctly. Please restart the sshd as following:

# service sshd restart

Hope to solve the problem.

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