Partial install question

[John Adams]

Thanks to all y'all for the help and advice. I ended up installing into
/usr/local/openssh (I wish I'd thought to make it openssl-version, as
suggested) and symlinking just sftp into /usr/bin. I think all is good now.

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 3:38 PM John Adams <jxadams at ualr.edu> wrote:

> Hi, folks,
>
>      I've got an older server which can't be upgraded to a current OS for
> $REASONS on which I need to update some or all of the openssh programs and
> utilities, specifically sftp.
>
>      My thought is to either install it in /usr/local (or
> /usr/local/openssh) and have folks alter their paths, or build it there and
> use symlinks (probably the better choice) into /usr/bin.
>
>      I'm tempted, though, to just move /usr/bin/sftp and install that and
> only that, if possible. Is it?
>
> Thanks,
>
>      John A
>
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