Re: I don't want sshd
> Hi
>
> On one of my Debian boxes, I need ssh, but no sshd. I especially don't want
> to RUN sshd. I achieve this by stopping the daemon and removing all symlinks
> to /etc/init.d/ssh in /etc/rc?.d/. However, every time ssh package gets
> upgraded, I get those symlinks back and sshd restarted. To me, it is a
> security concern, since unintended net services are run. Wouldn't it be
> better to break ssh and sshd into two separate packages? Right know, at least
> in Woody, sshd is part of ssh.
Why not configure sshd not to run the normal way?
dpkg-reconfigure ssh
When it asks "Do you want to run the sshd server" answer "no" instead of
"yes".
Eric
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