[X-Newbies] SSH and config file

[Norman Cohen]

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
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Norman A. Cohen
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"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.