Originally Posted by adrianp

It seems sshd is started by upstart so removing the rc2.d link won't work. I know little about upstart but sshd is started from /etc/event.d/sshd so it might be possible to change the exec line to a script :-

Code:

script
        if [ -f /etc/dont_start_ssh ]; then
                exit 1
        else
                exec /usr/sbin/sshd -D
        fi
end script

This is untested but I don't think it will cause any problems with booting the N900 itself, just sshd. Make a backup before trying though; oh and let us know how it goes.