Re: [cobalt-developers] SSH

[Michael Stauber <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nicolás,

> I need SSH support for my raq 4.
> Is the package: http://pkgmaster.com/i386/RaQ3-RaQ4-OpenSSH-3.1p1-1.pkg
>
> from pkgmaster.com the best choice ?

It's a good choice by all means. Once you have installed the PKG you might 
want to edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config, though.

The PKGmaster.com OpenSSH version supports both SSH protocol 1 and protocol 2. 
The rason for doing so might be that this is the most hassle free approach 
for all those Macintosh users around there, which are stuck without a free 
OpenSSH client which supports SSH protocol 2.

If you have no Macintosh users with shell access you might want to do away 
with SSH protocol 1 and might want to use just protocol 2 instead.

Just cange the top of /etc/ssh/sshd_config to this:

Port 22
Protocol 2

Further down you find the line ...

PermitRootLogin yes

... which you might want to set to

PermitRootLogin no

Aside from that it's smooth sailing. Just make sure to restart SSH after you 
change the config file:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd restart

> I never used pkgmaster packages before, but I was planning to install
> their SSH, MySQL 3.23.37 and Open Mail. Have you had any bad experiences
> with those packages ?

No problems at all. Be sure to read the info on the download page. If you plan 
to use Openwebmail on a very active server, then you might run into 
performance problems. In that case better opt for Neomail, which has fewer 
functions but works equally well.

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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards

Michael Stauber
mstauber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Unix/Linux Support Engineer