On Sun, 2014-12-21 at 15:34 -0600, Keith Smith wrote:
> 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.
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.
> So my main question is, am I going about this correctly or am I not
> understanding the difference between Ubuntu and RHEL?
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.
But, all in all, not a server guy :-) Hope that helps some.
Ted
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