diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Version.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Version.pm
index 99fe9c4f2..1099942ad 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Version.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Version.pm
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ sub Version
     my $version = shift;
     if ($version eq 'short')
     {
-	 $version = ''    #XCATVERSIONSUBHERE ;	
+	 $version = ''    . '2.9' ;	
     }
     else
     {
-         $version = 'Version '    #XCATVERSIONSUBHERE #XCATSVNBUILDSUBHERE ; 
+         $version = 'Version '    . '2.9' . ' (git commit aabb, built Thu Oct 17 14:52:04 CST 2013)' ; 
     }
     return $version;
 
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/remoteshell b/xCAT/postscripts/remoteshell
index 1580c519b..0157d3584 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/remoteshell
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/remoteshell
@@ -460,6 +460,9 @@ then
     fi
 else
     #service sshd restart
+    # sshd is not enabled on SLES 12 by default
+    # does not hurt anything to re-enable if it is enabled already
+    enableservice sshd
     restartservice sshd
 fi