sshd starting for no good reason?!

In my installation I allowed the config to set the ssh daemon to start. Later, I realized that this is not a good idea since I don't plan to use ssh at the moment.

From netstat I can see that ssh-agent is running, and when I issue a ps I can also see the process /usr/bin/ssh-agent -s running, and I have no idea how it gets started.

I issued chmod -x rc.sshd from root. The ls shows

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1222 2005-09-01 17:46 rc.sshd

What's happening here?!

Thanks,
Rand

P.S. Yes, I restarted the system! And in the system log I can't see any indication that it's starting. Before I did the chmod I could see a line of output. But now no message is being produced.

Hi,

The ssh is started by /etc/rc.inet2. If you want you could comment it out but since you change the x (excute flag)then it should not start. Another way would be to move the rc.ssh out of the rc.d directory into say /etc/rc.d/rc-tmp, this of course after you mkdir /etc/rc.d/rc-tmp.

My one question is why are fearing the ssh running? You password too simple? You keys are not there?

HTH!

I'd like to understand how it gets started since it is not supposed to start. I don't like mysteries.

Why would I run a service if I don't plan to use it? That's just bad administration. And why would I have a door I don't plan to use? That's just bad security.

I hate the learning curve!

Well, you'll be happy to know that you did successfully stop the ssh daemon from running by chmodding /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd.

You'll also (I hope) be happy to know that, actually, ssh-agent isn't part of the ssh server (sshd), so doesn't leave any "doors" into your system.

I'll leave you and the learning curve to figure it out, but I fished out this site that might help you:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc2/

- Piete.

PS: You can always read the /etc/rc.d/* files to see what is going on - you would find that it only starts `sshd` as a background process and nothing to do with ssh-agent at all!

PPS: To get rid of it, remove the openssh package =)

Are you using xfce?

Originally Posted by piete Well, you'll be happy to know that you did successfully stop the ssh daemon from running by chmodding /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd. You'll also (I hope) be happy to know that, actually, ssh-agent isn't part of the ssh server (sshd), so doesn't leave any "doors" into your system. I'll leave you and the learning curve to figure it out, but I fished out this site that might help you: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc2/ - Piete. PS: You can always read the /etc/rc.d/* files to see what is going on - you would find that it only starts `sshd` as a background process and nothing to do with ssh-agent at all! PPS: To get rid of it, remove the openssh package =)

Piete does it again!

Beleive it or not, I did spend a long time looking over /etc/rc.d and I was just unable to spot the problem because I had just read a post about chmod +x, -x etc. to stop scripts from running and I didn't know what to look for. I'll have another try. But this looks like a good agent so I guess it should let it live in case I use gnupg. I'll have to research this a little- thanks very much for the lini.

Thanks!
Rand

Originally Posted by uselpa Are you using xfce?

Yes, it struck me as a good intermediate choice, so I didn't install KDE/KDEI/GNOME packages. I have it set up pretty much the way I want at the moment, although I can't get my touchpad to work. I read a ton of posts and tried many things but nothing worked.

Is there a connection between xfce and the ssh-agent?

Look into the startup scripts of xfce. ssh-agent gets started there.

The relevant file is /etc/X11/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc.

Originally Posted by uselpa The relevant file is /etc/X11/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc.

Thank you very much.