Dr. Chuck's Web Log: Notes on Bootstrapping a Mac Desktop to be a server

January 14, 2006

Notes on Bootstrapping a Mac Desktop to be a server

Some of the little bits of Mac setup as I retired my home Linux server and made my Mac Desktop also my server.

Moving ssh to a new port

None of these matter.

/etc/sshd_config
SSHD is started from xinetd

/etc/inetd.conf
Mac uses xinetd

/etc/xinetd.conf
/etc/xinetd.d/ssh
This does not specify the port because xinetd is doing the listening and by the time it starts sshd, the port is already established.

So where does it do it?

/etc/services:
ssh 1222/udp # SSH Remote Login Protocol
ssh 1222/tcp # SSH Remote Login Protocol

Moving the Apache DocumentRoot

/etc/httpd/httpd.conf:

Port 8081

DocumentRoot "/Users/csev/www"

Turning on PHP in Apache

/etc/httpd/httpd.conf:

Uncomment:

LoadModule php4_module libexec/httpd/libphp4.so
AddModule mod_php4.c

http://www.sanbeiji.com/tech/tutorials/php/index.php

Turning on Apache and SSH

Apple-> System Preferences-> Sharing

Check "Remote Login" (ssh) and "Personal Web Sharing" (apache)

Posted by csev at January 14, 2006 12:38 PM