On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 01:20:33PM -0500, Alec wrote: > 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. RTFM man update-rc.d ! Leave one of the K links and sshd will never start, nor will upgrades start it for you. -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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