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To make matters worse, the debian openssh .deb, that i installed to get the client, configured an autostart for sshd, without asking.
by conceit 11y ago
To make matters worse, the debian openssh .deb, that i installed to get the client, configured an autostart for sshd, without asking.
- dredmorbius 11y agoDebian's policy is that if you install a service, you intend for it to run by default. Since services aren't installed by default, this is a fairly defensible position, though it's been commented on many times. It's possible and fairly straightforward to disable autostart of services through either old-school SysV init or, I suspect, systemd. Upshot: running complex systems isn't entirely trivial.
- conceit 11y agoYes, a desktop computer is a complex system, that's why I leave these not entirely trivial plumbings to the system programmers. The downside of this is the exploited systems that potentially everyone has to suffer.
- andreasvc 11y agoThis story doesn't check out; I don't see a package named "openssh" (on Jessie), but there is a package "openssh-client" which only installs the client. But regardless, starting sshd on installation shouldn't matter because proper passwords and firewall should be the first step.
- conceit 11y agoWelp, the metapackage's just called ssh, which is also the name of the command the client provides. Another case of "only two problems in computer science ..." Due diligence on my part was lacking, agreed.