[X-Newbies] SSH and config file

[J]

Sometimes there is a backup file in that directory already, such as  
with the httpd.config file I have to alter to turn on my PHP.

On Dec 4, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Chris Walker wrote:

> Hi Norman:
>
> Thanks for this - it's a great way of doing it.  Actually after  
> finding
> the file I dropped it on BBEdit to open it and then saved a copy.
>
> Just one more point. I think BBEdit saves the file in the format in
> which it found it.  In this case a straight "Save" of the file  
> opened as
> above, would be MacRoman with Unix line endings.  Is this correct?
>
> Does it matter if BBEdit puts an icon on the file?  At present it  
> is blank.
>
> Regarding the file, I made sure everything was backed up in duplicate
> before I started playing around!!
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
>
>> Try this:
>>
>> Open a new Finder window.
>> Choose the Go:Go to Folder menu item (or cmd-shift-g).
>> Type "/etc" without the quotation marks.
>>
>> You will now be in the /etc directory and sshd_config can be found in
>> that directory. Drag the file to your text editor of choice. Since
>> this is an important file, you will probably want to make a copy
>> first to serve as a backup. Also, editing will require
>> authentication, since this is a file owned by root.
>>
>> Alternatively, if you have TextWrangler (a terrific program by the
>> way), you can choose the File:Open Hidden option to get into your
>> unix directories like etc, usr, var.
>>
>> Lastly, Spotlight, by default, doesn't search in the unix core
>> directories. There are ways you can change that if you choose, but
>> the greatly increased number of files that need to be indexed does
>> slow Spotlight down a bit. For searching for those files, I tend to
>> use the locate or find command in the Terminal.
>>
>> Norm
>> ---
>> Norman A. Cohen
>> nacohen at mac.com
>>
>> "I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex."
>> Oscar Wilde
>>
>>
>> On Dec 4, 2005, at 03:28 AM, Chris Walker wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I guessed that's where it *should* be but it is not visible.  I did
>>> wonder if it was in the system folder but obviously not.  Spotlight
>>> won't find it either.
>>>
>>
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