Re: SSHD newbie question

[Brad <lists@anomie.dyn.cx>]

On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Rick Salvador wrote:

>    I've compiled the sshd daemon successfully but I don't know how/where to
> set it up to startup when the system boots. 

One easy way to handle it is to install the deb from non-free.debian.org,
that sets up everything for you.

>   Im guessing that I put a Symbolic link to it in init.d and then have to
> call it from rc3.d but not real sure how to proceed.

You'd put a script something like the attached into /etc/init.d (This
particular one is installed by the .deb i mentioned), and then you'd
execute "update-rc.d ssh defaults"

Make sure you have the keys generated and everything else necessary to use
ssh.

#! /bin/sh

# /etc/init.d/ssh: start and stop the "secure shell(tm)" daemon

test -x /usr/sbin/sshd || exit 0
 
# Configurable options:

case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting Secure Shell server: sshd"
	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid --exec /usr/sbin/sshd
        echo "."
	;;
  stop)
        echo -n "Stopping Secure Shell server: sshd"
	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid --exec /usr/sbin/sshd
        echo "."
	;;

  reload|force-reload)
        echo -n "Reloading Secure Shell server's configuration"
	start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --oknodo --pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid --exec /usr/sbin/sshd
	echo "."
	;;

  restart)
        echo -n "Restarting Secure Shell server: sshd"
	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid --exec /usr/sbin/sshd
	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid --exec /usr/sbin/sshd
	echo "."
	;;

  *)
	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/ssh {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart}"
	exit 1
esac

exit 0