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Update Needed
This page needs to be updated
Needs a step by step guide to setting up a server
This page will eventually document everything we do when building a server.
For now it is just the things we forget to do!
We start with the 'basic' installation of Debian Etch.
APT configuration
- Comment out all the CD-ROM lines in "/etc/apt/sources.list", the machines CD-ROM drives aren't accessible once it has been racked.
SSH configuration
- Install SSH from apt
- Download the 'authorized_keys' file from auth. [here]
- The authorized_keys file should go in "/root/.ssh/authorized_keys", and be chmod "0600"
- Change the PermitRootLogin line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config to "PermitRootLogin without-password", this allows connections from auth, as root, but not by guessing the password.
- Install sudo
- Install screen
