YaST SSHD Server/Enhancements WIP

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This page has been created as a place for enhancement-requests from the community, for requesting them and also implementing them by the community members.

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Enhancements

Here are listed some enhancements how to make the current YaST module more understandable, less error-prone, just better :)

Change the Configuration Mode

There several options to be possibly configured in the current YaST module but one has to click through three different dialogs to find it. This is just a feature of a Wizard Mode but Tab Mode might be better for occasional configuration changes.

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 / General \ Login Settings \ Protocol and Ciphering \__
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The tab-labels should help user find out what the particular dialog contains. What can user configure there. There is no need to go back and forth to change a single option.

I like the idea with the tabs. I think it's important that more information 
is visible on the main screen, be it only to know what I can expect in the next tab. 
Dimstar 07:55, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

UI layout has been changed to tabs.
Locilka 10:14, 19 November 2007 (CEST)

Redesign of the Server Login Settings Dialog

Some dialog items don't provide understandable labels so even if they are SSHD-compliant, a common user don't know what they means.

• Permit Root Login - What about Allow root User to Login, Allow Superuser to Login, ...?
• Authentication Settings - There are three different authentication modes listed but they don't provide enough information what they actually mean.

Redesign of the Server Protocol and Cipher Settings Dialog

• More information on Protocols might be helpful.
• Supported ciphers might contain not only the cipher short-name but also the full name and features. Anyway, why do we support so many ciphers?

Redesign of help texts to be really helpful

The current help-texts don't provide any useful information.