Joseph J. VLcek wrote:
> 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.
> 

Those of you who are arguing against this please answer one thing:  what 
advantage is provided to everyone else by making QE jump through hoops 
to run automated testing?

Dave

> 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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