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On Sun, 2014-12-21 at 15:34 -0600, Keith Smith wrote:
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I was not able to shell into the server and found SSH had not been
installed. I was surprised. I installed SSHD and now I can access the
box via the shell.
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The default policy for Ubuntu is "no ports open" which basically is a means to ensure a new install is "somewhat secure." I believe that the server edition is slightly different there, and certainly the cloud images are as well. But that's the basic idea. Limited surface area by default to target.<BR>
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So my main question is, am I going about this correctly or am I not
understanding the difference between Ubuntu and RHEL?
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I think that building a new user is unnecessary for what you're doing (from the limited info here). Many of the packages in Ubuntu (web server being one) automatically builds a new user and runs things under that user (I believe it's "httpd") which is probably what you want. In general, that's a good idea, so it has been incorporated into the package itself.<BR>
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But, all in all, not a server guy :-) Hope that helps some.<BR>
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Ted<BR>
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