Re: [Stupid newbie] How to start sshd ?

[Alexandre Bos <bos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joseph Garcia wrote:
> Peter Avalos wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 03:09:10AM +0200, Alexandre Bos wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am new to BSD. I just installed dragonfly BSD on a machine. Before 
> > > I start to read the doc, I need to bring a ssh access to this machine 
> > > (unless my kvm will die of so much switches...). I tried :
> > > /etc/rc.d/sshd start
> > > but it just does nothing.
> > >
> > > Could you please give me hint ?
> >
> >
> > Add sshd_enable=YES to /etc/rc.conf.  Having a look at 
> > /etc/defaults/rc.conf
> > and the rc.conf manual page may be advisable.
> >
> > --Peter
>
> In addition, one could start a service by using the 'forcestart' command 
> when the rc variable isn't present or set to "no" in /etc/rc.conf such as:
>
> /etc/rc.d/sshd forcestart
>
> I felt that it's something good to know, but Pete's advice would be the 
> best way to go.
>
> Joey

Thank you both.

--
Alexandre