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Hello!

I have installed open-ssh on my N800, for a) I have not managed to pair it with my iGo keyboard (was a doddle to set up with N770!) and b) I needed to ftp some fonts in for sdict. It's a useful thing to have, but I am wondering whether the ssh-server running is actually going to take up resources? (Especially with regards to the MM-vanishing act, posted here.)

I can't seem to find anything in the gui to enable and disable daemons with a tick, so I figured I could just remove all the symlinks to ssh from rcX.d and from then on use /etc/init.d/ssh start / stop to run ssh selectively if required.

Is that safe? Would it work? Is it actually the ssh-server-daemon that I want to switch off, or is there a wider service, that generally listens to incoming connections that I can turn off? How much of a hassle is it to build an applet for the desktop that has a toggle and an indicator telling me whether it is running or not?

Thanks a lot for all replies!
joe

Just like you, I'd use "/etc/init.d/sshd command" to control the ssh server. Removing symlinks should keep the service from being started automatically, although typically you'd just rename the link to K80ssh from S20ssh (80 = 100 - 20), adding it to the list of services to kill in the opposite order (not sure if that applies to the tablet's OS, however).

1. does it take up resources? Not unless you are sshing in,and then it's neligable. It's not a gui so very light.

2. can you set it to not auto start? yes, this way.

$ sudo update-rc.d -f ssh remove

(or the windowsy way use gainroot then run it without the word sudo ie
$ update-rc.d -f ssh remove)

3. Start/stop using the init won't hurt a thing, and yes it is sshd (the ssh daemon) you want to stop.

Thank you for the clear answer!

Interestingly on the maemo there is no "sshd", the command is "...ssh start/stop". But after running your update command it does indeed only come up on request, and that's great!

Thanks!
joe

There is a sshd (/usr/sbin/sshd). The init script which starts and stops it is called ssh.