SSH server configuration

LYC · 05-19-2014, 10:18 PM

Hi,

Is it possible to configure LINUX just to run SSH and SSHD services? If so, what are non related services to stop and how to go about it?

Thanks in advance.

evo2 · 05-19-2014, 11:02 PM

Hi,

normally the ssh service is called sshd, and the ssh client is normally just called ssh. Yes, you can configure a Linux system to essentially just run sshd. The way to stop and start sshd depends on your init system and distro.

Evo2.

haertig · 05-19-2014, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LYC

Is it possible to configure LINUX just to run SSH and SSHD services? If so, what are non related services to stop and how to go about it?

Sure, you can run only sshd if that's what you want to do.

To figure out how to stop other unwanted services, first you need to know what those services are. Then find their startup scripts and disable them. There's probably a GUI way to do this, but I'm a command line person. The GUI way would probably be distro specific.

As root, you can run "netstat -anp | grep tcp | grep LISTEN" from the command line to get a feel of what your system is running.

kooru · 05-20-2014, 01:24 AM

I've seen some your old posts and so I guess you use Red Hat. Is it correct?
If yes, you can read the documentation.