How do I disable SSH? Ive uncommented every file in /etc/ssh and still it shows as allowed in rkhunter, also how can I check to see if its really allowed or not? Thanks.

You probably want to stop the sshd service.

Not sure if it's any different on Slack but on a RH box:
chkconfig sshd off
service sshd stop

If those don't work remove the link in /etc/rc5.d/

I think in Slackware sshd is started from /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd. Just make that non-executable with chmod. Otherwise I think there is an entry in rc.inet2 that you can comment out.

I dont have chkconfig, I guess thats a Redhat thing
I dont have a rc.5 file
and service sshd stop does nothing but gives me commmand not found.

chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd

dee3lmo

sorry... must be

chmod u-x /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd

dee3lmo

If you are sitting on a System V box then all you need to do is find the directory which contains all scripts for controlling all services. Usually this is the /etc/init.d directory. There you will see all the system-wide installed services and deamons. As root simply type in ./sshd stop and the SSHD deamon will exit gracefully.

If you want to disable this permanently, simply remove the start-up link to the sshd script. So lets say you are running X which means you are in runlevel 5. Go to /etc/rc.d/rc5.d .Then find the link to the sshd service by doing ls -al | grep ssh You will see one that starts with S (ex. S55sshd). Simply delete it and this will prevent starting the ssh deamon in the future!

Nick, the easiest way to disable SSH is to run pkgtool, choose "slackware installation scripts to run again" and then run the "services" script again. in that script you can disable SSH at bootup

Thanks everyone for all the help.
I ended up having to use chmod u-x /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd
Slack is a little different.