From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 13:09:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F51816A4CE for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:09:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E7FE43D3F for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:09:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BC7E69A71; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:09:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:09:19 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: "Jules Gilbert" Message-Id: <20040819090919.75cb1c27.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <006a01c485ec$466b7500$3300a8c0@verizon.net> References: <006a01c485ec$466b7500$3300a8c0@verizon.net> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do I verify how sshd is starting? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:09:21 -0000 "Jules Gilbert" wrote: > Someone else put my FreeBSD box together. What version of FreeBSD? > How to I determine whether sshd is starting via rc.d or by inetd? I haven't seen anyone start sshd from rc.d in quite a while. If there's a startup script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and it has execute perms, then it's trying to start sshd. Watch the startup procedure on boot and see which part of the procedure it's starting at. > I've had to tighten down the box and the changes I've made don't seem > to have any effect, though I did a shutdown and restart. What changes did you make? And please wrap your lines at 72 characters so I don't have to fix your email formatting. > Please email me your answers -- I am in a critical situation here; > and seem to have been 'discovered' in the way no one appreciates. What way is that? > Also, I'd appreciate a reference to a text (on-line or the paper kind) > discussing topics such as: hosts.allow, inetd.conf, sshd.conf, you > know, the stuff I should have been learning about all along... Best reference I know of are the man pages. type "man inetd.conf" or whatever you want to learn about. Start with "man man" if you've never used man pages before. The FreeBSD handbook also has a lot of good information. See the links on the left side of the home page. As far as print books are concerned, it used to be you bought The Complete FreeBSD by Greg Lehey ... but there are a number of good FreeBSD books nowadays, and I can't say I know of one that doesn't come recommended. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com