#!/usr/bin/env bash echo 'Enter the desired new port for ssh to use, leave blank to abort.' read -p 'change ssh to operate on a different port then normal? []: ' change_port if [[ -z "$change_port" ]]; then echo 'port change aborted' else sudo cp "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.port_backup" sudo sed -i '/^Port/s/^/# ABS #/' '/etc/ssh/sshd_config' ( cat << CONFIG Port $change_port CONFIG ) | sudo tee -a /etc/ssh/sshd_config > /dev/null echo "----- Restart ssh now -------------------------------" read -p 'Restart SSH to use updated config? [y/N]: ' restart_ssh case $restart_ssh in [Yy]* ) echo 'calling systemctl' sudo systemctl restart ssh.service ;; * ) echo 'Skipping' ;; esac echo 'REMEMBER TO TEST SSH:' echo 'ENSURE YOU UPDATE YOUR CLIENT CONFIG.' fi