Re: [tlug] openssh on Centos 5.2

[Graham Iphone <grbriggs@example.com>]

On 2009/08/18, at 10:54, Nguyen Vu Hung <vuhung16plus@example.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Scott Robbins<scottro@example.com>  
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 01:14:24PM +0700, Nguyen Vu Hung wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > A "default installation" CentOS 5.2 will have openssh installed.
> > >
> > > What I am trying to do is find a way to subtract openssh from CentOS
> > > 5.2 installation[1]
> >
> > I believe that even if you uncheck everything (including base system)
> > during the customize package screens, you'll still have open ssh
> > installed, at least the server.  (Not sure about the client.)
> anaconda does it without my knowledge. It installs a network service,
> turns it on by default. Is that a right thing to do?
>
> > However, it's easy enough to uninstall it upon first boot.  Would  
> > that
> > be satisfactory?
> I am at work and this is to answer to an inquiry of very picky  
> Japanese
> customer.

Sry this isn't a solution, but can divulge why your customer wants  
this? Are they leaving, say, telnet or such in? Just seems an odd  
request in my limited experience. If it's a deal killer, perhaps a  
distro which will do it. Am I correct that Arch is still popular on  
the list?

Graham