How to reset the sshd_config file to its default settings

Question

I have changed some stuff within the sshd_config file and want to reset the file to its default settings. How would I go about doing this?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 04 '18 at 12:58

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The ssh default config file is on /private/etc/ssh/sshd_config, you can copy it to .ssh directory by the following command

sudo cp /private/etc/ssh/sshd_config ~/.ssh/config

Then restart SSHD:

sudo launchctl stop com.openssh.sshd
sudo launchctl start com.openssh.sshd

answered Sep 04 '18 at 12:58

Yuseferi

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Beware. There are 2 configuration files for ssh : `/etc/ssh/ssh_config` which is the configuration for the **client** SSH, and `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` which the configuration for the **server** SSH. – Rich Pauloo May 23 '19 at 20:13

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 20 '17 at 23:57

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If it is for MAC i found this it may be useful

answered Sep 20 '17 at 23:57

David

Thank you. You are a life saver. I have been looking everywhere, well almost everywhere, lol – StrangeRanger Sep 21 '17 at 00:02

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