Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 07:02:09 -0700 From: Greg Maruszeczka <greg@grokking.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote server warnings Message-ID: <42B18661.6010101@grokking.org> In-Reply-To: <d8rujc$b4p$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <d8rujc$b4p$1@sea.gmane.org>
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Jonathan Arnold wrote: > I'm going to be moving my server to a remote site, where I'll only > be able to ssh to it for any kind of service. It has been local, > hooked up via a KVM switch, so it will be a new setup for me. > > What sorts of problems should I keep an eye out for? What kind of > setup should I have? I've turned on ssh. What else should I do? > How hard will it be to update my system remotely? > > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. > Use rsa/dsa keys and disable password auth in sshd_config. You can generally do port upgrades via ssh without issue. Obviously you have to be careful when performing major updates like `make world` where it's usually recommended that you drop to single-user mode before installing world. Some folks claim they do the whole make world dance by remote and just don't reboot or drop to single-user mode. Personally, I'd never do this on a production box but I recall some good discussion on this list a few months ago about this very topic. Check the archives if you're interested. G
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