F12: ssh change port number

Greg Maruszeczka greg at websage.ca
Sun Nov 22 18:29:38 UTC 2009


On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:58:17 +0000
Soo-Hyun Choi <s.choi at hackers.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have been using Ubuntu for several years, but I've just installed
> F12 for a specific use. While using it, I have encountered an odd
> problem in changing the default SSH port number other than 22.
> 
> In Ubuntu (like other Unix-like systems), it was very straight forward
> to change the default SSH port number by modifying "Port 22" in
> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config". However, for some reasons, F12 didn't work
> like this way.
> 
> I have done a quick google on this subject, but didn't find any answer
> yet. Is there a F12-only specific way to change the default SSH port
> number to something else? Or, am I missing something?
> 
> Thanks,
> 


Are you sure it isn't some simple oversight like forgetting to restart
the daemon? I ask because I just changed the listening port on my F12
install and it works as expected simply by changing the 'Port xxxx'
line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

HTH,

GM




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