Starting and Stopping the Server
The SSH Tectia Server daemon program is called sshd2
. It can be configured
using a configuration file. Command-line options override values
specified in the configuration file.
sshd2
and its certificate validation daemon ssh-certd
are
normally started at boot time from /etc/rc.local
or its
equivalent. The sshd2
forks a new daemon for each incoming
connection. The child processes handle key exchange, encryption,
authentication, command execution, and data exchange.
The server daemon is typically run as root
. If it is not
run as root
, only the user the daemon is running as will be
authorized to log in, and password authentication may not work
if the system uses shadow passwords. An alternative host key
pair in user home directory must also be used.