From: Adams Kevin J (kevin.adams@PHS.COM)
Date: Mon Oct 14 2002 - 14:25:32 EDT
There is the code on the Linux Toolbox download site as an alternative,
which uses RPM to install. If you're not already using the toolbox, it might
not be worth it just to install OpenSSH.
https://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/aixtbx/aixtbx-i?S_PKG=dlaixww&S_TACT=&S_CMP
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Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Schmitt [mailto:martin@SCHMITT.LI]
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 7:25 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: [aix-l] Looking for gentler OpenSSH packages
Hi there!
A client needs OpenSSH updated or installed on a few systems. The guy who
did the original install in some places has left the company a year ago,
and basically nobody knows how OpenSSH has been installed.
I consider myself an (Open)SSH expert, but unfortunately I have a slight
lack of AIX expertise, so maybe one of you can throw in an idea that might
get me on track for solving my problem.
I looked at the OpenSSL/OpenSSH packages combo from bullfreeware.com, and
all I can say about them is, they give me the creeps. Creating 5-level deep
directorys and pulling symlinks across the system is just not what binary
packages are about, thank you very much.
Next, I looked into rolling the thing on my own using GCC. That's an
approach I have lots of good experience with on Slowlaris and FreeBSD, and
just as expected, compiling the combination OpenSSL/PRNGD/OpenSSH works
fine on AIX, just as outlined on:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/tutorials/aix_ssh/index.html
This creates what I consider a pretty neat install, with startsrc/stopsrc
entries that work like a charm. Some modifications were made, though, to
have things go to /opt instead of /usr/local.
Unfortunately those machines are stuffed. All rootvgs are full (they even
had the mirror taken away to make more room, it's really horrifying), so I
can't install a development environment onto all of them.
Are there alternative binary packages for OpenSSH? The target systems run
4.3.3 and one of them is still on 4.3.2. If I don't find any packages, can
I safely copy my own compiled stuff from one machine to the other?
Thanks in advance everyone,
-martin
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