Re: [tlug] bootable linux with sshd

["Fergal Daly" <fergal@example.com>]

On 02/01/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:
> Fergal Daly writes:
>
>  > Anyone know of a bootable linux distro that starts up an sshd automatically?
>
> I kinda hope not: root with a default password open to the internet?

It certainly would not be wise to use this as your everyday system but
to boot into it in an emergency as a last resort.

What would be perfect is a usb distro that puts ~root on the usb disk,
that way you could install root's ssh config without touching the
bootable image.

>  > I don't really want to get into the hassle of building my own image
>  > (never tried before, can imagine it being a huge time sink),
>
> If you copy one that already exists, what's left are the
> technicalities of making it bootable and getting sshd properly
> started.  Surely somebody will be able to help with that.

Yes, but that's the kind of hard work I'm trying to avoid :)

F