The SSH daemon needs to run as root, in order to bind itself to the port
(any port below 1000 needs to be accessed as root).
The initial SSHD will spawn sshd sessions as needed...upon connection.
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, K Old wrote:
> Ok, I am in the same situation. I have installed the RPM for ssh 2.3 and
> have started it. It is running under root right now, but I realize that
> this might not be safe. How and is it necessary for me to start it as
> nobody?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> >From: "Cassell, Damon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: SSH login
> >Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:15:57 -0500
> >
> >Redhat 7.0 is the first release with SSH included out-of-the-box, I
> >believe.
> >So if he's using any version prior to 7.0, he's going to need to install it
> >first.
> >
> >Damon
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Mike Burger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 4:10 PM
> >To: Red Hat Mailing list
> >Subject: Re: SSH login
> >
> >
> >"ssh hostname.domain.name"
> >
> >"ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> >
> >Either one should work.
> >
> >On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Scott Skrogstad wrote:
> >
> > > What do I have to do to login into a server using SSH?
> >
> >
> >
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