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On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:49:56 -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> > They ensure that there is an sshd configuration file and |
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> > give a meaningful message (including where to find the sample) if it |
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> > is not present, and check for the presence of the hostkeys (again |
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> > which are needed) and create them if they are not present. Your 9 |
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> > lines of sshd.service do none of this. |
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> That is completely true. I also think that those checks does not |
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> belong into the init script: I think the configuration file presence |
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> should be guarantee by the package manager at install time, and so the |
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> creation of the hostkeys. |
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sshd is a bit of a special case. Think like CDs, like SystemRescueCD. If |
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the keys were created at installation time, every CD would have the same |
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keys, which is not particularly desirable. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for the plays |
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of W. Shakespeare but all they got was the collected works of Francis |
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Bacon |
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