2008/165 xVM Hypervisor Remote Access (virtd)

[Darren J Moffat]

Ryan Scott wrote:
> 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.

Please don't recommend changing sshd_config so that root can login 
remotely since that opens up a lot more access than just the ability to 
talk to virtd.

I think we need a better solution than that and as such I think this 
case should be put into waiting need spec.

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Darren J Moffat