On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 12:20, Alec wrote: > Hi > > On one of my Debian boxes, I need ssh, but no sshd. I especially don't want > to RUN sshd. I achieve this by stopping the daemon and removing all symlinks > to /etc/init.d/ssh in /etc/rc?.d/. However, every time ssh package gets > upgraded, I get those symlinks back and sshd restarted. To me, it is a > security concern, since unintended net services are run. Wouldn't it be > better to break ssh and sshd into two separate packages? Right know, at least > in Woody, sshd is part of ssh.
Reconfigure the package with dpkg-reconfigure ssh. Then answer no when it asks if you want to run sshd. This should solve your problem. --mike
