Openssh on SCO Openserver Release 5

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Andrew!

What version of Openssh are you trying?

RGDS
GARY

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Andrew McGill wrote:

> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 15:26:53 +0200
> From: Andrew McGill <andrewm at datrix.co.za>
> To: djm at ibs.com.au
> Cc: gem at rellim.com
> Subject: Openssh on SCO Openserver Release 5
> 
> Hi there
> 
> Your e-mail address appears in the README for openssh, which is why I am
> sending this to you.  (I hope you are somewhere close to the maintainers of
> openssh)
> 
> I have managed to compile and run openssh on SCO Openserver (another
> version from the original port).  There were a few funnies which you may
> want to incorporate into the distribution:
> 
> 0. System information:
> 
> $ uname -X
> System = SCO_SV
> Node = scosysv
> Release = 3.2v5.0.4
> KernelID = 97/05/07
> Machine = Pentium
> BusType = ISA
> Serial = 4FC006928
> Users = 16-user
> OEM# = 0
> Origin# = 1
> NumCPU = 1
> 
> 
> 1. /dev/ptmx
> 
> config.h
> My SCO does support the device /dev/ptmx after a fashion, but does not
> enable them as true tty's.  This causes problems with sshd.  The man page
> says:
> >>>
>   Limitations
>   ===========
> 
>   Although /dev/ptmx is referred to as a pseudo-tty, the master device does
>   not have tty characteristics and therefore cannot become the controlling
>   tty of a process group. The slave side of the connection does have the
>   characteristics of a real tty and can become the controlling tty of a
>   process group.
> <<<
> 
> I changed the config.h line
>     #define HAVE_DEV_PTMX 1
> to contain the following
>     /* #define HAVE_DEV_PTMX 1 */
> fixes this.  I think the correct approach is to fix configure.in to include
> a line for SCO similar to the line for linux --but installing autoconf on
> this box doesn't seem like fun at the moment, especially since I am
> changing jobs within the month:
> 
> *-*-sco3*)
>         no_dev_ptmx=1
>         ;;
> 
> 2. MAXPATHLEN
> 
> include.h
> My SCO header files do not define the MAXPATHLEN macro, which is required
> by openssh.  To rectify this, I added the following lines before the final
> endif:
>     #ifndef MAXPATHLEN
>     #define MAXPATHLEN 64
>     #endif
> According to usr/include/limits.h, the correct SCO value appears to be
> PATH_MAX -- except it is not defined either :(
> 
> host system type:
>     i586-pc-sco3.2v5.0.4
> 
> 
> 
> ---
> This entire communication can be represented as a binary integer.  As a
> result it is entirely rational.
> 
> 
> 

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