Summary
In rare situations, an administrator may want to disable SSH connections to the SSFE server as a security practice. This article describes how SSH can be disabled and prevent it from starting during boot up.
Details
To disable SSH on the SSFE server:
- Log in to SSFE server shell.
- Switch to the root account using the "sudo" command:
safesync@appliance1:~$ sudo -s
- Stop the SSH process using the command:
# service ssh stop
- Disable SSH from loading during boot up through the command:
# update-rc.d -f ssh remove
- To revert back to loading SSH during boot up use the command:
# update-rc.d -f ssh defaults
- Start the SSH process using the command:
# service ssh start
