4 You will need working installations of Zlib and OpenSSL.
7 http://www.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
9 OpenSSL 0.9.5a or greater:
10 http://www.openssl.org/
12 RPMs of OpenSSL are available at http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/files/support
14 OpenSSH can utilise Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) if your system
15 supports it. PAM is standard on Redhat and Debian Linux and on Solaris.
18 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/
20 If you wish to build the GNOME passphrase requester, you will need the GNOME
21 libraries and headers.
26 Alternatively, Jim Knoble <jmknoble@pobox.com> has written an excellent X11
27 passphrase requester. This is maintained separately at:
29 http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/software/x11-ssh-askpass/index.html
31 The Entropy Gathering Daemon (EGD) is supported if you have a system which
32 lacks /dev/random and don't want to use OpenSSH's internal entropy collection.
35 http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/
38 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
40 OpenSSH has only been tested with GNU make. It may work with other
41 'make' programs, but you are on your own.
43 2. Building / Installation
44 --------------------------
46 To install OpenSSH with default options:
52 This will install the OpenSSH binaries in /usr/local/bin, configuration files
53 in /usr/local/etc, the server in /usr/local/sbin, etc. To specify a different
54 installation prefix, use the --prefix option to configure:
56 ./configure --prefix=/opt
60 Will install OpenSSH in /opt/{bin,etc,lib,sbin}. You can also override
61 specific paths, for example:
63 ./configure --prefix=/opt --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh
67 This will install the binaries in /opt/{bin,lib,sbin}, but will place the
68 configuration files in /etc/ssh.
70 If you are using PAM, you will need to manually install a PAM
71 control file as "/etc/pam.d/sshd" (or wherever your system
72 prefers to keep them). A generic PAM configuration is included as
73 "contrib/sshd.pam.generic", you may need to edit it before using it on
74 your system. If you are using a recent version of Redhat Linux, the
75 config file in contrib/redhat/sshd.pam should be more useful.
77 There are a few other options to the configure script:
79 --with-rsh=PATH allows you to specify the path to your rsh program.
80 Normally ./configure will search the current $PATH for 'rsh'. You
81 may need to specify this option if rsh is not in your path or has a
84 --without-pam will disable PAM support. PAM is automatically detected
85 and switched on if found.
87 --enable-gnome-askpass will build the GNOME passphrase dialog. You
88 need a working installation of GNOME, including the development
89 headers, for this to work.
91 --with-random=/some/file allows you to specify an alternate source of
92 random numbers (the default is /dev/urandom). Unless you are absolutely
93 sure of what you are doing, it is best to leave this alone.
95 --with-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable Entropy Gathering
96 Daemon support and to specify a EGD pool socket. Use this if your
97 Unix lacks /dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin
98 entropy collection support.
100 --with-lastlog=FILE will specify the location of the lastlog file.
101 ./configure searches a few locations for lastlog, but may not find
102 it if lastlog is installed in a different place.
104 --without-lastlog will disable lastlog support entirely.
106 --with-kerberos4=PATH will enable Kerberos IV support. You will need
107 to have the Kerberos libraries and header files installed for this
108 to work. Use the optional PATH argument to specify the root of your
109 Kerberos installation.
111 --with-afs=PATH will enable AFS support. You will need to have the
112 Kerberos IV and the AFS libraries and header files installed for this
113 to work. Use the optional PATH argument to specify the root of your
114 AFS installation. AFS requires Kerberos support to be enabled.
116 --with-skey will enable S/Key one time password support. You will need
117 the S/Key libraries and header files installed for this to work.
119 --with-tcp-wrappers will enable TCP Wrappers (/etc/hosts.allow|deny)
120 support. You will need libwrap.a and tcpd.h installed.
122 --with-md5-passwords will enable the use of MD5 passwords. Enable this
123 if your operating system uses MD5 passwords without using PAM.
125 --with-utmpx enables utmpx support. utmpx support is automatic for
128 --without-shadow disables shadow password support.
130 --with-ipaddr-display forces the use of a numeric IP address in the
131 $DISPLAY environment variable. Some broken systems need this.
133 --with-default-path=PATH allows you to specify a default $PATH for sessions
134 started by sshd. This replaces the standard path entirely.
136 --with-pid-dir=PATH specifies the directory in which the ssh.pid file is
139 --with-xauth=PATH specifies the location of the xauth binary
141 --with-ipv4-default instructs OpenSSH to use IPv4 by default for new
142 connections. Normally OpenSSH will try attempt to lookup both IPv6 and
143 IPv4 addresses. On Linux/glibc-2.1.2 this causes long delays in name
144 resolution. If this option is specified, you can still attempt to
145 connect to IPv6 addresses using the command line option '-6'.
147 --with-ssl-dir=DIR allows you to specify where your OpenSSL libraries
150 --with-4in6 Check for IPv4 in IPv6 mapped addresses and convert them to
151 real (AF_INET) IPv4 addresses. Works around some quirks on Linux.
153 If you need to pass special options to the compiler or linker, you
154 can specify these as environment variables before running ./configure.
157 CFLAGS="-O -m486" LFLAGS="-s" LIBS="-lrubbish" LD="/usr/foo/ld" ./configure
162 The runtime configuration files are installed by in ${prefix}/etc or
163 whatever you specified as your --sysconfdir (/usr/local/etc by default).
165 The default configuration should be instantly usable, though you should
166 review it to ensure that it matches your security requirements.
168 To generate a host key, run "make host-key". Alternately you can do so
169 manually using the following command:
171 /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N ''
173 Replacing /etc/ssh with the correct path to the configuration directory.
174 (${prefix}/etc or whatever you specified with --sysconfdir during
177 If you have configured OpenSSH with EGD support, ensure that EGD is
178 running and has collected some Entropy.
180 For more information on configuration, please refer to the manual pages
181 for sshd, ssh and ssh-agent.
186 If you experience problems compiling, installing or running OpenSSH.
187 Please refer to the "reporting bugs" section of the webpage at
188 http://www.openssh.com/