summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/assistant
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorGravatar https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlm8dkrPSmEyV3avjyCkJBhsosWKjJj7jc <Jacob@web>2013-10-08 15:45:52 +0000
committerGravatar admin <admin@branchable.com>2013-10-08 15:45:52 +0000
commitbeba9e5572ca784da2b93d6e0640ab5ba2529af3 (patch)
tree4e39f63cb4cb5f9b362a2f622329c4f8f40ce924 /doc/assistant
parent2a4733e9cc510a11474110729e853508a9cb2bca (diff)
Added information about sshd being a requirement
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/assistant')
-rw-r--r--doc/assistant/local_pairing_walkthrough.mdwn8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/assistant/local_pairing_walkthrough.mdwn b/doc/assistant/local_pairing_walkthrough.mdwn
index 07b639910..fe61c71d9 100644
--- a/doc/assistant/local_pairing_walkthrough.mdwn
+++ b/doc/assistant/local_pairing_walkthrough.mdwn
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ git-annex folders. Just like that you can share files.
----
+## Requirements
+
+For local pairing to work, you must have sshd (ssh server daemon) installed and working on all machines involved. That means you must allow at least local connections to sshd. On most Linux distributions, sshd is packaged in either openssh (openSUSE) or openssh-server (Debian).
+
+It is highly recommended that you disable root login and login from outside of your local network. To do this, after installing sshd, edit the sshd config (usually /etc/ssh/sshd_config file). See man sshd_config for details.
+
+## Tips
+
Something to keep in mind, especially if pairing doesn't seem to be
working, is that the two computers need to be on the same network for this
pairing process to work. Sometimes a building will have more than one