Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 13:09:47 +0100 From: Ben RUBSON <ben.rubson@gmx.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Allow to run SSHd in Installer (12.2 patch) Message-ID: <2352A2A0-999C-453F-92A1-D067E4C05712@gmx.com>
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Hi, I've done some work to allow to connect to FreeBSD installer through = SSH. It can be useful for example if we have specific tasks to perform before = installation, such as disks configuration etc... Working through a SSH connection is much more convenient than in front = of a console. FreeBSD installer can then also be used as a rescue disk. To achieve this, I've modified FreeBSD installer, so that after having = installed SSHd, if performs following configuration modifications : - generate host keys into /var/ssh (as default /etc/ssh is not writable) = ; - only allow keys authentication ; - allow root authentication ; - read authorized_keys file from /var/ssh (as default homedirs are not = writable). SSHd can then be started thanks to the installer shell : service sshd = start And a public key put into for example = /var/ssh-keys/root/authorized_keys, thanks to fetch or whatever. Work is here : https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/pull/156 Rather simple, and ready to be merged. This job is more than 2 years old, I would then really be glad if we = could see this in 12.2 installation ISOs. It would prevent me from having to modify the new ISO files to implement = this patch. Many thanks ! Best regards, Ben
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