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OpenSSH package for Solaris

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by ddiall

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Hello all,

I'm looking into installing OpenSSH on SPARC Solaris (2.x) server for remote administration.

Can anyone point to a trusted location for downloading binary packages of the latest OpenSSH versions? I have already found one but it was OpenSSH 2.3.x, while the latest is 2.5.x.

If not, I can compile it myself, but I'd like to know if anyone has had issues or problems in doing so. Will GCC 2.95.3 do it? or is it preferable to use a Sun compiler?

Thank in advance.

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by kshum

I was able to compile openssh 2.5.1p1 for Solaris 8 for Intel and for Solaris 7 on Sparc. I used gcc 2.95.2 and openssl 0.9.6. I compiled it with the tcp wrappers also and didn't have any problems at all.

by ddiall

Thank you, but I have not tried it yet... It is to be deployed in a public library that applyed for a free license from www.ssh.com

by ddiall

Sorry, I forgot to mention, but obviously I had already checked this standard Free Software for Solaris website. Thanks anyway...

by bryanhodgson

You will need to compile openssl (www.openssl.org) before compiling openssh (openssh). Either the GNU or Sun compilers will work; if you've got both available, use the Sun compiler (with GNU make.)

The www.sunfreeware.org packages are generally very good; we roll our own openssh, and so I can't speak for their version of this package.

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