You will need working installations of Zlib and OpenSSL.
Zlib:
-http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
+http://www.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
OpenSSL 0.9.5a or greater:
http://www.openssl.org/
-RPMs of OpenSSL are available in the support/ directory of the OpenSSH
-mirror site. OpenSSH requires OpenSSL version 0.9.5 or later.
+RPMs of OpenSSL are available at http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/files/support
OpenSSH can utilise Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) if your system
supports it. PAM is standard on Redhat and Debian Linux and on Solaris.
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.
+config file in contrib/redhat/sshd.pam should be more useful.
+Failure to install a valid PAM file may result in an inability to
+use password authentication.
There are a few other options to the configure script:
headers, for this to work.
--with-random=/some/file allows you to specify an alternate source of
-random numbers (the default is /dev/urandom). Unless you are absolutly
+random numbers (the default is /dev/urandom). Unless you are absolutely
sure of what you are doing, it is best to leave this alone.
--with-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable Entropy Gathering
real (AF_INET) IPv4 addresses. Works around some quirks on Linux.
If you need to pass special options to the compiler or linker, you
-can specify these as enviornment variables before running ./configure.
+can specify these as environment variables before running ./configure.
For example:
CFLAGS="-O -m486" LFLAGS="-s" LIBS="-lrubbish" LD="/usr/foo/ld" ./configure
review it to ensure that it matches your security requirements.
To generate a host key, run "make host-key". Alternately you can do so
-manually using the following command:
+manually using the following commands:
-/usr/bin/ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N ''
+ ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N ""
+ ssh-keygen -d -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N ""
Replacing /etc/ssh with the correct path to the configuration directory.
(${prefix}/etc or whatever you specified with --sysconfdir during
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/
+http://www.openssh.com/