"Chen, Elvis" wrote:
> Thanks to helpful people on this list, my sshd problem > is now solved: now I can ssh into my router from > external machines. > > I solved it by doing the following 2 things: > > 1) edit /etc/network/conf and add the following line: > EXTERN_TCP_PORTS="0/0_22" > > and > 2) edit /etc/hosts.allow and add the following line: > sshd: ALL > > I then saved the files and REBOOTED. Appearently just > saving the file won't change the configuration for > subsequent ssh connection. I needed to reboot for the > change to take effect. > > I don't know which did the trick (or the combination > of both), but sshd works the way I want it now. > You do not need to backup and reboot to get your changes installed. # svi network ipfilter reload will take the info in ram and reload - if it works then back up etc. You can see all the possible parameters that can be passed to the network script with # svi network It will come back with the useage> Can be used with other scripts, for example, let's say you made some changes to dhcpd # svi dhcpd restart if it works as you expected then back it up. The only times I reboot are with a version change or a complete power failure that exceeds the battery of my ups. Keeps the uptime adding up. > snip -- Victor McAllister _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
