openssh loads sshd?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 20, 2010, at 23:08, Scott Webster wrote:

> Hi.  I recently installed sshfs.  I just did an upgrade of my ports
> and when it upgraded openssh (a dependency of sshfs) it told me to run
> "sudo port load openssh".  When I followed the instructions I got a
> dialong popup asking me if I wanted to allow sshd to accept incoming
> network connections.  This sounds a lot like I would be running an ssh
> server, which isn't my intention and sounds like a security problem.
> Is this somehow necessary just to use sshfs mounts?  Or are perhaps
> the default instructions not quite as clear as I would like about what
> is going to happen?

openssh includes a daemon which you can load. To load it, use the lengthy "sudo launchctl load ..." command, or, equivalently, the shortcut "sudo port load openssh". If you don't want to launch a daemon, don't use those command.