when the sshd hits the fan

Eugene M. Zheganin emz at norma.perm.ru
Wed Sep 23 16:56:42 UTC 2015


Hi.

On 23.09.2015 20:35, Glenn English wrote:
> Mildly OT from a profound BSD noob:
>
> Why is it necessary to have SSH working before the system has finished booting? That 'Welcome' menu times out, so I can't think of a reason, or find one from Goggle, for needing console access after a power failure reboot. What am I unaware of?
>
Because in the case of remote server the absence of sshd can prevent yoy 
from loggin for several minutes, even dozens of minutes, and this can be 
pretty harmful in a production environment.

Eugene.


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