Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:01:17 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: no sshd on new server... Message-ID: <20091117160117.12c71262.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20091116231236.GA15714@thought.org> References: <20091115234930.GA11465@thought.org> <20091116010014.f3ca28de.freebsd@edvax.de> <20091116070056.GE11539@thought.org> <20091116203149.1785f7c1.freebsd@edvax.de> <20091116231236.GA15714@thought.org>
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On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:12:36 -0800, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 08:31:49PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > > By the way, it's not a problem if /etc/rc.conf is empty. > > In this case, defaults are used, but: > > > > % grep sshd /etc/defaults/rc.conf > > sshd_enable="NO" # Enable sshd > > > > As you see, sshd_enable is set to "NO" by default. > > > > darn, but that would've been that last thing i would have > expected... . i dont see any rationale... Rationale: Secure by default. Ermm... wait, that was a different OS. :-) At least, there's no telnet enabled by default with empty root password... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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