The ssh server can be run in two ways on Mandriva G-Linux: as standalone server, or on-demand using xinetd.

In the case you have xinetd already running (by default it's not even installed) it can save you some resources to enable sshd using it. To do so only takes two steps.

1. enable it under xinetd

   --- /etc/xinetd.d/sshd-xinetd.orig	2008-06-26 03:42:29.000000000 +0200
   +++ /etc/xinetd.d/sshd-xinetd	2009-02-05 18:10:06.000000000 +0100
   @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    # this.
    service ssh
    {
   -	disable	= yes
   +	disable	= no
    	socket_type		= stream
    	wait			= no
    	user			= root
   

2. and restart the service

   # /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart

As xinetd doesn't come enabled by default in G-Linux, it can be simpler to just run ssh server in standalone mode, without any wrapper.

To start it you just need to

# /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start

and remember to use your user account, sshd for root is disabled for security reasons.

To do this automatically every time you power on your G-Linux use the following command:

# chkconfig --add sshd

• xinetd