Glenn Lagasse wrote:
> * 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.
>   

This is to address bug: 
http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=6431

Although admittedly this bug was filed by QE folks.

Joe
>   
>> 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,
>
>   


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