* Karen Tung (Karen.Tung at Sun.COM) wrote: > Joseph J VLcek wrote: >> Thank you Karen. >> >> Having a test env is a good idea and would likely be an acceptable >> solution for the test team. >> >> but >> >> What if others want to either enable ssh or select the default >> language or the other way around or both? > At this time, the Live CD does not provide a way to enable ssh or select > default lang, and I don't remember > seeing anybody request for such features. So, I guess it is not > something people like to do.
I've seen it come up a few times, though I don't know that anyone ever filed an actual enhancement request for it. Looking through defects, 6442 mentions ssh specifically. > The problem with enabling ssh is that it puts one's machine at risk. > When the machine is booted up in the live cd > env and ssh is enabled and the machine is on the network, anybody can > log into your machine, especially since > the username and password is well-known. Very true, I think the expectation would have to be that if you boot the liveCD with ssh enabled by default (which is not the default option) then you're aware of the consequences of such an action. Cheers, -- Glenn
