diff -Nur --no-dereference smeserver-centos2sme-6.9.1.old/root/usr/bin/centos2sme smeserver-centos2sme-6.9.1/root/usr/bin/centos2sme
--- smeserver-centos2sme-6.9.1.old/root/usr/bin/centos2sme	2021-03-19 22:55:54.307000000 -0400
+++ smeserver-centos2sme-6.9.1/root/usr/bin/centos2sme	2021-03-20 14:56:16.149000000 -0400
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@
 echo "cleaning yum cache"
 yum --enablerepo=* clean all 1>/dev/null
 
-echo "##########################################################################"
-echo "Removing dhcp-common"
+#echo "##########################################################################"
+#echo "Removing dhcp-common"
 # from https://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,53304.msg276453/topicseen.html#msg276453
 # Stefano found deps issues
-rpm -e --nodeps dhcp-common
+#rpm -e --nodeps dhcp-common
 
 echo "##########################################################################"
 echo "yum upgrade to install last updates, this may take a while, output is hidden unless there is an error, be patient:"
+#echo "****log noise is expected about modified RPMDB outside of yum. and missing dhcp-common. That is expected.****"
 yum upgrade -y 1>/dev/null
 
 # they might have come back with upgrade...
@@ -79,7 +80,8 @@
 
 echo "##########################################################################"
 echo "start syslog"
-/etc/init.d/rsyslog start
+#/etc/init.d/rsyslog start
+/usr/bin/systemctl restart rsyslog
 
 echo "##########################################################################"
 echo "running post-install event for SME..."
@@ -90,7 +92,8 @@
 echo "##########################################################################"
 echo "set admin password as set"
 #need syslog to work. so just in case
-/etc/init.d/rsyslog restart
+#/etc/init.d/rsyslog restart
+/usr/bin/systemctl restart rsyslog
 /sbin/e-smith/db accounts setprop admin PasswordSet yes
 /sbin/e-smith/db configuration set PasswordSet yes
 /sbin/e-smith/db configuration setprop bootstrap-console Restore disabled
@@ -113,7 +116,8 @@
 touch /forcequotacheck
 
 #start rsyslogd service in case , as console needs it to run...
-/etc/init.d/rsyslog restart
+#/etc/init.d/rsyslog restart
+/usr/bin/systemctl restart rsyslog.service
 
 echo "##########################################################################"
 echo "now time to configure your server using the SME Server console"
@@ -124,6 +128,11 @@
 echo "##########################################################################"
 echo "set SSHD to accept root login with rsa key"
 /sbin/e-smith/db configuration setprop  sshd status enabled PermitRootLogin yes access public
+/sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/e-smith/events/remoteaccess-update/templates2expand/etc/ssh/ssh_config
+/sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/e-smith/events/remoteaccess-update/templates2expand/etc/ssh/sshd_config
+/usr/bin/systemctl restart sshd.service
+# a sshd reload does not regenerate the keys and failed
+# doing one after to do the rest (masq etc.)
 /sbin/e-smith/signal-event  remoteaccess-update
 
 echo "##########################################################################"
@@ -138,8 +147,12 @@
 fi
 
 
+echo "##########################################################################"
+echo "Last cleaning:"
 # last tidying
 find /var/service/ -type f -iname control -exec rm {} \;
+yum remove NetworkManager-libnm libteam teamd  python-configobj  parted python-decorator  python-linux-procf python-perf  python-pyude python-schedutils python-slip python-slip-dbu  mozjs17 microcode_ctl  -y
+
 
 # just in case before reboot
 /sbin/e-smith/db configuration set PasswordSet yes