2008/165 xVM Hypervisor Remote Access (virtd)

[Ryan Scott]

Darren J Moffat wrote:
> As I understand it this case does not cause any new open ports since the 
> only remote access method is the ssh based one.
> 
> Incoming ssh as root is disabled (explicitly in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and 
> on Indiana by root being a role) by default so it seems that this is not 
> usable at all in the default configuration.

Correct.  It does take administrator action before it can be used.

> 
> What is going to be documented as the process for enabling this access ?

For now, only the man page.  See 6669828.

> 
> Does the SMF virtd property have any properties for configuring which 
> access methods are enabled ?

Currently, no, but I think that will be necessary for implementing tls 
access.

-Ryan

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> Darren J Moffat