| 1. Prerequisites |
| ---------------- |
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| You will need working installations of Zlib and OpenSSL. |
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| Zlib: |
| http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ |
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| OpenSSL: |
| http://www.openssl.org/ |
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| RPMs of OpenSSL are available in the support/ directory of the OpenSSH |
| mirror site. OpenSSH requires OpenSSL version 0.9.5 or later. |
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| OpenSSH can utilise Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) if your system |
| supports it. PAM is standard on Redhat and Debian Linux and on Solaris. |
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| PAM: |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ |
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| If you wish to build the GNOME passphrase requester, you will need the GNOME |
| libraries and headers. |
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| GNOME: |
| http://www.gnome.org/ |
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| Alternatively, Jim Knoble <jmknoble@pobox.com> has written an excellent X11 |
| passphrase requester. This is maintained separately at: |
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| http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/software/x11-ssh-askpass/index.html |
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| If you are planning to use OpenSSH on a Unix which lacks a Kernel random |
| number generator (/dev/urandom), you will need to install the Entropy |
| Gathering Daemon (or similar). You will also need to specify the |
| --with-egd-pool option to ./configure. |
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| EGD: |
| http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ |
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| GNU Make: |
| ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/ |
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| OpenSSH has only been tested with GNU make. It may work with other |
| 'make' programs, but you are on your own. |
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| 2. Building / Installation |
| -------------------------- |
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| To install OpenSSH with default options: |
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| ./configure |
| make |
| make install |
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| This will install the OpenSSH binaries in /usr/local/bin, configuration files |
| in /usr/local/etc, the server in /usr/local/sbin, etc. To specify a different |
| installation prefix, use the --prefix option to configure: |
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| ./configure --prefix=/opt |
| make |
| make install |
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| Will install OpenSSH in /opt/{bin,etc,lib,sbin}. You can also override |
| specific paths, for example: |
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| ./configure --prefix=/opt --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh |
| make |
| make install |
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| This will install the binaries in /opt/{bin,lib,sbin}, but will place the |
| configuration files in /etc/ssh. |
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| If you are using PAM, you will need to manually install a PAM |
| control file as "/etc/pam.d/sshd" (or wherever your system |
| prefers to keep them). A generic PAM configuration is included as |
| "contrib/sshd.pam.generic", you may need to edit it before using it on |
| your system. If you are using a recent version of Redhat Linux, the |
| config file in contrib/redhat/sshd.pam should be more useful. |
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| There are a few other options to the configure script: |
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| --with-rsh=PATH allows you to specify the path to your rsh program. |
| Normally ./configure will search the current $PATH for 'rsh'. You |
| may need to specify this option if rsh is not in your path or has a |
| different name. |
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| --without-pam will disable PAM support. PAM is automatically detected |
| and switched on if found. |
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| --enable-gnome-askpass will build the GNOME passphrase dialog. You |
| need a working installation of GNOME, including the development |
| headers, for this to work. |
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| --with-random=/some/file allows you to specify an alternate source of |
| random numbers (the default is /dev/urandom). Unless you are absolutly |
| sure of what you are doing, it is best to leave this alone. |
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| --with-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable Entropy Gathering |
| Daemon support and to specify a EGD pool socket. You will need to |
| use this if your Unix does not support the /dev/urandom device (or |
| similar). The file argument refers to the EGD pool file, not the |
| EGD program itself. Please refer to the EGD documentation. |
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| --with-lastlog=FILE will specify the location of the lastlog file. |
| ./configure searches a few locations for lastlog, but may not find |
| it if lastlog is installed in a different place. |
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| --without-lastlog will disable lastlog support entirely. |
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| --with-kerberos4=PATH will enable Kerberos IV support. You will need |
| to have the Kerberos libraries and header files installed for this |
| to work. Use the optional PATH argument to specify the root of your |
| Kerberos installation. |
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| --with-afs=PATH will enable AFS support. You will need to have the |
| Kerberos IV and the AFS libraries and header files installed for this |
| to work. Use the optional PATH argument to specify the root of your |
| AFS installation. AFS requires Kerberos support to be enabled. |
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| --with-skey will enable S/Key one time password support. You will need |
| the S/Key libraries and header files installed for this to work. |
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| --with-tcp-wrappers will enable TCP Wrappers (/etc/hosts.allow|deny) |
| support. You will need libwrap.a and tcpd.h installed. |
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| --with-md5-passwords will enable the use of MD5 passwords. Enable this |
| if your operating system uses MD5 passwords without using PAM. |
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| --with-utmpx enables utmpx support. utmpx support is automatic for |
| some platforms. |
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| --without-shadow disables shadow password support. |
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| --with-ipaddr-display forces the use of a numeric IP address in the |
| $DISPLAY environment variable. Some broken systems need this. |
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| --with-default-path=PATH allows you to specify a default $PATH for sessions |
| started by sshd. This replaces the standard path entirely. |
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| --with-pid-dir=PATH specifies the directory in which the ssh.pid file is |
| created. |
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| --with-xauth=PATH specifies the location of the xauth binary |
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| --with-ipv4-default instructs OpenSSH to use IPv4 by default for new |
| connections. Normally OpenSSH will try attempt to lookup both IPv6 and |
| IPv4 addresses. On Linux/glibc-2.1.2 this causes long delays in name |
| resolution. If this option is specified, you can still attempt to |
| connect to IPv6 addresses using the command line option '-6'. |
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| --with-ssl-dir=DIR allows you to specify where your OpenSSL libraries |
| are installed. |
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| --with-4in6 Check for IPv4 in IPv6 mapped addresses and convert them to |
| real (AF_INET) IPv4 addresses. Works around some quirks on Linux. |
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| If you need to pass special options to the compiler or linker, you |
| can specify these as enviornment variables before running ./configure. |
| For example: |
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| CFLAGS="-O -m486" LFLAGS="-s" LIBS="-lrubbish" LD="/usr/foo/ld" ./configure |
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| 3. Configuration |
| ---------------- |
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| The runtime configuration files are installed by in ${prefix}/etc or |
| whatever you specified as your --sysconfdir (/usr/local/etc by default). |
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| The default configuration should be instantly usable, though you should |
| review it to ensure that it matches your security requirements. |
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| To generate a host key, run "make host-key". Alternately you can do so |
| manually using the following command: |
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| /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N '' |
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| Replacing /etc/ssh with the correct path to the configuration directory. |
| (${prefix}/etc or whatever you specified with --sysconfdir during |
| configuration) |
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| If you have configured OpenSSH with EGD support, ensure that EGD is |
| running and has collected some Entropy. |
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| For more information on configuration, please refer to the manual pages |
| for sshd, ssh and ssh-agent. |
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| 4. Problems? |
| ------------ |
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| If you experience problems compiling, installing or running OpenSSH. |
| Please refer to the "reporting bugs" section of the webpage at |
| http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/ |
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