How to install openssh?

[Jonathan Eckstein]

Hello again:

I am still working on installing OpenSSH.  I am a fairly experienced
unix user, but am new to system administration.  Anyway, I got the right
version, and I'm trying to install it under Solaris 7.  Following the
directions in the INSTALL file, I have downloaded, compiled, and "make
install"-ed the following:

	Zlib
	OpenSSL
	Perl5 (required by OpenSSL)
	EGD
	GCC   (required by EGD)

I put in EGD because the make for OpenSSH complained that there was no
/dev/{u}random and no EGD.  I assume I really do need EGD under solaris
7 (right?).

However, even after "make install" on EGD, the OpenSSH "make host-key"
command complains there is no EGD.  I assume that I need to have a host
key (right?).

There is a sentence in the INSTALL document that says

"If you have configured OpenSSH with EGD support, ensure that EGD is
running and has collected some Entropy."

Obviously I have missed this step.  Unfortunately, the "documentation"
provided with EGD assumes you are using EGD for some other purpose and
is quite unhelpful as to how to start the daemon for use with OpenSSH,
or even what the arguments to egd mean.

Would it be too much to ask what commands I should place where to get
ssh to work and sshd and egd (if necessary) automatically started at
system boot?  

Yours Frustratedly,

	Jonathan



Mate Wierdl wrote:
> 
> You got the openbsd version.  Try
> 
> ftp://thermo.stat.ncsu.edu/pub/openssh/files/test//openssh-1.2.3pre5.tar.gz
> 
> Mate
> 
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 04:20:08PM -0500, Jonathan Eckstein wrote:
> > I need to use ssh (both incoming and outgoing) on a SPARC Solaris 7
> > workstation.
> >
> > I just downloaded openssh from
> >
> >   ftp://ftp.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/openssh-1.2.3.tgz
> >
> > as instructe on the www.openssh.com website.
> >
> > After gunzipping and untarring everything, I note that is says that
> > installation instructions are in the file "INSTALL".  But there is no
> > such file!
> >
> > I am not sure how to proceed.  Please advise.
> >
> > -- Jonathan
> >

> ---
> Mate Wierdl | Dept. of Math. Sciences | University of Memphis

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