Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 21:56:25 +0500 From: "Eugene M. Zheganin" <emz@norma.perm.ru> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: when the sshd hits the fan Message-ID: <5602D9B9.6070206@norma.perm.ru> In-Reply-To: <EA745BDC-F5F1-4C8F-9B43-E0FE86B0AEA8@slsware.net> References: <56026686.8030308@norma.perm.ru> <86wpvhjm7g.fsf@nine.des.no> <5602C0C2.5010102@norma.perm.ru> <EA745BDC-F5F1-4C8F-9B43-E0FE86B0AEA8@slsware.net>
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Hi. On 23.09.2015 20:35, Glenn English wrote: > Mildly OT from a profound BSD noob: > > Why is it necessary to have SSH working before the system has finished booting? That 'Welcome' menu times out, so I can't think of a reason, or find one from Goggle, for needing console access after a power failure reboot. What am I unaware of? > Because in the case of remote server the absence of sshd can prevent yoy from loggin for several minutes, even dozens of minutes, and this can be pretty harmful in a production environment. Eugene.
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