Quoting Collins M. Ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 12:01:42PM -0400, Christopher J. Morrone wrote: > > > > I have Debian running on a laptop that I just purchased, and I have ssh > > installed. However, since this is a laptop, its not always connected to > > the network...is there some easy way to keep sshd from pausing the boot > > sequence for 5 minutes if there is no network? > > If you don't want sshd running at all you can just do: > > update-rc.d -f ssh remove > > This will remove the links in /etc/rc?.d but leaves the /etc/init.d/ssh > script. You will need to run `/etc/init.d/ssh start` to start sshd > manually, but you wont need that unless you plan on logging _into_ the > laptop.
I don't see why you should want/have to do that. When I boot my home machine, the following lines are typed about as fast as you can read them: Starting anac(h)ronistic cron: anacron. Starting mouse interface server: gpm. Starting IP paranoia daemons: tcplogd icmplogd. Starting printer spooler: lpd. Checking quotas...done. Turning on quotas. Starting Samba daemons: nmbd smbd. Starting Secure Shell server: sshd. Starting X font sever: xfs. Starting X TrueType Font Server: xfstt. Starting base networking daemons: portmap xinetd Starting /usr/sbin/xntpd... Starting NFS servers:. Starting additional networking services:. Starting deferred execution scheduler: atd. Starting periodic command scheduler: cron. Starting web server: apache. The only changes I make for not having my ethernet card connected are the network and gateway entries in /etc/init.d/network which are commented out (and the commands are IFed). The key generation on a P5/133 takes 2 seconds according to syslog. Perhaps you should try running /etc/init.d/ssh by hand and either run tcpdump so you can log any packets sent out, or strace it and see what it's just called when it pauses. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
