Re: ssh loading at startup

[Adam Shand <larry@alaska.net>]

> The usual way to run sshd is via inetd, though.  So maybe Beavis is
> asking the wrong question, maybe ssh into his box already works without
> any additional effort.  If not, look in /etc/inetd.conf for a line
> mentioning ssh, perhaps there's something wrong with it.

err, not true.  and unless you have a very unusual setup you probably don't
want to run ssh from inetd.conf.  because everytime it starts it has to
generate the session keys it can be quite slow to start if it has to fork
from inetd.

see the man page for details:

       -i     Specifies  that sshd is being run from inetd.  Sshd
              is normally not run from inetd because it needs  to
              generate  the  server  key before it can respond to
              the client, and this  may  take  tens  of  seconds.
              Clients  would have to wait too long if the key was
              regenerated every time.  However,  with  small  key
              sizes (e.g.  512) using sshd from inetd may be fea
              sible.

adam.