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5.6.1.2 Enable remo

up an

file at /etc/ssh/sshd_config. One

les

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to log in, an attacker first must login as a

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e HW400c/2 console as root:


If

daemon on every start up:

default


5.6.1.3 Starting netw rk services; xinetd


A lot of services depend on having the xinetd service running. Unlike sshd,

all

# emerge xinetd

ait for the console messages to stop and return to a prompt.

td on the HW400c/2 console:

# rc-update add xinetd default

5.6.1.4 Starting f

or ftp, Gnetoo Linux uses the standard Linux ftp daemon, vsftpd. Use the

merge

utility to load the vsftpd daemon package. As root from the HW400c/2

onsole:

# emerge vsftpd

Wait for the console messages to stop and return to a prompt.

To start vsftp on the HW400c/2 console:

# /etc/init.d/vsftpd start


If you want to add xinetd as a default daemon on every start up:

te login with ssh


Gentoo Linux installs sshd by default, but it is not enabled. Before starting
ssh server look through the configuration
thing that you should consider setting is

PermitRootLogin no

. This disab

lo ins as root, which means that in order

ular user (in the wheel group) and then su. This would require knowing two

rname with su access making brute force attacks nearly

sswords as well as a use

possible. To start sshd on th

# /etc/init.d/sshd start

you want to add sshd as a default

# rc-update add sshd

o

Gentoo Linux does not install xinetd by default. Use the emerge utility to inst
xinetd

and its dependencies from the HW400c/2 console as root:

W

To start xine

# /etc/init.d/xinetd start


If you want to add xinetd as a default daemon on every start up:

tp

services; vsftpd


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