SSH and the Ubuntu Server

[Stefan Potyra]

Hi,

Am Thursday 18 November 2010 19:34:58 schrieb Robbie Williamson:
> On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 16:22 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:08:47AM -0600, Robbie Williamson wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 16:04 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:49:38AM -0500, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> > > > > I think this screen is a good idea if in fact tasksel is moved to
> > > > > after the first boot.
> > > >
> > > > We used to have a two-stage installer and it was a nightmare to
> > > > maintain for several reasons.  Since we moved to a single-stage
> > > > installer several years back, we've burned all the necessary code
> > > > with fire and enjoyed it.  Please don't make me go back to that.
> > >
> > > What if the Server team maintained the 2nd stage?  Then we'd be making
> > > life easier for you, right? ;)
> >
> > Er. :-)
> >
> > (In seriousness, any good-quality second stage would require some level
> > of cooperation from the first stage.  We tried that and it was awful.)
>
> So I see the 1st stage as just installing the minimal server, then we
> boot to a login prompt...user logs in and can either do his/her business
> as desired or launch the 2nd stage (which they are told about in a 1st
> boot motd-type message).

Would 
  command-to-start-second-stage-installer
amount to a better usability compared to 
  apt-get install openssh-server
with the original question in mind?

Cheers,
   Stefan.
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