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      1 1. Prerequisites
      2 ----------------
      3 
      4 You will need working installations of Zlib and libcrypto (LibreSSL /
      5 OpenSSL)
      6 
      7 Zlib 1.1.4 or 1.2.1.2 or greater (ealier 1.2.x versions have problems):
      8 http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
      9 
     10 libcrypto (LibreSSL or OpenSSL >= 0.9.8f)
     11 LibreSSL http://www.libressl.org/ ; or
     12 OpenSSL http://www.openssl.org/
     13 
     14 LibreSSL/OpenSSL should be compiled as a position-independent library
     15 (i.e. with -fPIC) otherwise OpenSSH will not be able to link with it.
     16 If you must use a non-position-independent libcrypto, then you may need
     17 to configure OpenSSH --without-pie.
     18 
     19 The remaining items are optional.
     20 
     21 NB. If you operating system supports /dev/random, you should configure
     22 libcrypto (LibreSSL/OpenSSL) to use it. OpenSSH relies on libcrypto's
     23 direct support of /dev/random, or failing that, either prngd or egd
     24 
     25 PRNGD:
     26 
     27 If your system lacks kernel-based random collection, the use of Lutz
     28 Jaenicke's PRNGd is recommended.
     29 
     30 http://prngd.sourceforge.net/
     31 
     32 EGD:
     33 
     34 If the kernel lacks /dev/random the Entropy Gathering Daemon (EGD) is
     35 supported only if libcrypto supports it.
     36 
     37 http://egd.sourceforge.net/
     38 
     39 PAM:
     40 
     41 OpenSSH can utilise Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) if your
     42 system supports it. PAM is standard most Linux distributions, Solaris,
     43 HP-UX 11, AIX >= 5.2, FreeBSD and NetBSD.
     44 
     45 Information about the various PAM implementations are available:
     46 
     47 Solaris PAM:	http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/pam/
     48 Linux PAM:	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/
     49 OpenPAM:	http://www.openpam.org/
     50 
     51 If you wish to build the GNOME passphrase requester, you will need the GNOME
     52 libraries and headers.
     53 
     54 GNOME:
     55 http://www.gnome.org/
     56 
     57 Alternatively, Jim Knoble <jmknoble (a] pobox.com> has written an excellent X11
     58 passphrase requester. This is maintained separately at:
     59 
     60 http://www.jmknoble.net/software/x11-ssh-askpass/
     61 
     62 S/Key Libraries:
     63 
     64 If you wish to use --with-skey then you will need the library below
     65 installed.  No other S/Key library is currently known to be supported.
     66 
     67 http://www.sparc.spb.su/solaris/skey/
     68 
     69 LibEdit:
     70 
     71 sftp supports command-line editing via NetBSD's libedit.  If your platform
     72 has it available natively you can use that, alternatively you might try
     73 these multi-platform ports:
     74 
     75 http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/
     76 http://sourceforge.net/projects/libedit/
     77 
     78 LDNS:
     79 
     80 LDNS is a DNS BSD-licensed resolver library which supports DNSSEC.
     81 
     82 http://nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/
     83 
     84 Autoconf:
     85 
     86 If you modify configure.ac or configure doesn't exist (eg if you checked
     87 the code out of CVS yourself) then you will need autoconf-2.68 to rebuild
     88 the automatically generated files by running "autoreconf".  Earlier
     89 versions may also work but this is not guaranteed.
     90 
     91 http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
     92 
     93 Basic Security Module (BSM):
     94 
     95 Native BSM support is know to exist in Solaris from at least 2.5.1,
     96 FreeBSD 6.1 and OS X.  Alternatively, you may use the OpenBSM
     97 implementation (http://www.openbsm.org).
     98 
     99 
    100 2. Building / Installation
    101 --------------------------
    102 
    103 To install OpenSSH with default options:
    104 
    105 ./configure
    106 make
    107 make install
    108 
    109 This will install the OpenSSH binaries in /usr/local/bin, configuration files
    110 in /usr/local/etc, the server in /usr/local/sbin, etc. To specify a different
    111 installation prefix, use the --prefix option to configure:
    112 
    113 ./configure --prefix=/opt
    114 make
    115 make install
    116 
    117 Will install OpenSSH in /opt/{bin,etc,lib,sbin}. You can also override
    118 specific paths, for example:
    119 
    120 ./configure --prefix=/opt --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh
    121 make
    122 make install
    123 
    124 This will install the binaries in /opt/{bin,lib,sbin}, but will place the
    125 configuration files in /etc/ssh.
    126 
    127 If you are using Privilege Separation (which is enabled by default)
    128 then you will also need to create the user, group and directory used by
    129 sshd for privilege separation.  See README.privsep for details.
    130 
    131 If you are using PAM, you may need to manually install a PAM control
    132 file as "/etc/pam.d/sshd" (or wherever your system prefers to keep
    133 them).  Note that the service name used to start PAM is __progname,
    134 which is the basename of the path of your sshd (e.g., the service name
    135 for /usr/sbin/osshd will be osshd).  If you have renamed your sshd
    136 executable, your PAM configuration may need to be modified.
    137 
    138 A generic PAM configuration is included as "contrib/sshd.pam.generic",
    139 you may need to edit it before using it on your system. If you are
    140 using a recent version of Red Hat Linux, the config file in
    141 contrib/redhat/sshd.pam should be more useful.  Failure to install a
    142 valid PAM file may result in an inability to use password
    143 authentication.  On HP-UX 11 and Solaris, the standard /etc/pam.conf
    144 configuration will work with sshd (sshd will match the other service
    145 name).
    146 
    147 There are a few other options to the configure script:
    148 
    149 --with-audit=[module] enable additional auditing via the specified module.
    150 Currently, drivers for "debug" (additional info via syslog) and "bsm"
    151 (Sun's Basic Security Module) are supported.
    152 
    153 --with-pam enables PAM support. If PAM support is compiled in, it must
    154 also be enabled in sshd_config (refer to the UsePAM directive).
    155 
    156 --with-prngd-socket=/some/file allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD
    157 support and to specify a PRNGd socket. Use this if your Unix lacks
    158 /dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin entropy
    159 collection support.
    160 
    161 --with-prngd-port=portnum allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD support
    162 and to specify a EGD localhost TCP port. Use this if your Unix lacks
    163 /dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin entropy
    164 collection support.
    165 
    166 --with-lastlog=FILE will specify the location of the lastlog file.
    167 ./configure searches a few locations for lastlog, but may not find
    168 it if lastlog is installed in a different place.
    169 
    170 --without-lastlog will disable lastlog support entirely.
    171 
    172 --with-osfsia, --without-osfsia will enable or disable OSF1's Security
    173 Integration Architecture.  The default for OSF1 machines is enable.
    174 
    175 --with-skey=PATH will enable S/Key one time password support. You will
    176 need the S/Key libraries and header files installed for this to work.
    177 
    178 --with-md5-passwords will enable the use of MD5 passwords. Enable this
    179 if your operating system uses MD5 passwords and the system crypt() does
    180 not support them directly (see the crypt(3/3c) man page). If enabled, the
    181 resulting binary will support both MD5 and traditional crypt passwords.
    182 
    183 --with-utmpx enables utmpx support. utmpx support is automatic for
    184 some platforms.
    185 
    186 --without-shadow disables shadow password support.
    187 
    188 --with-ipaddr-display forces the use of a numeric IP address in the
    189 $DISPLAY environment variable. Some broken systems need this.
    190 
    191 --with-default-path=PATH allows you to specify a default $PATH for sessions
    192 started by sshd. This replaces the standard path entirely.
    193 
    194 --with-pid-dir=PATH specifies the directory in which the sshd.pid file is
    195 created.
    196 
    197 --with-xauth=PATH specifies the location of the xauth binary
    198 
    199 --with-ssl-dir=DIR allows you to specify where your Libre/OpenSSL
    200 libraries
    201 are installed.
    202 
    203 --with-ssl-engine enables Libre/OpenSSL's (hardware) ENGINE support
    204 
    205 --with-4in6 Check for IPv4 in IPv6 mapped addresses and convert them to
    206 real (AF_INET) IPv4 addresses. Works around some quirks on Linux.
    207 
    208 If you need to pass special options to the compiler or linker, you
    209 can specify these as environment variables before running ./configure.
    210 For example:
    211 
    212 CFLAGS="-O -m486" LDFLAGS="-s" LIBS="-lrubbish" LD="/usr/foo/ld" ./configure
    213 
    214 3. Configuration
    215 ----------------
    216 
    217 The runtime configuration files are installed by in ${prefix}/etc or
    218 whatever you specified as your --sysconfdir (/usr/local/etc by default).
    219 
    220 The default configuration should be instantly usable, though you should
    221 review it to ensure that it matches your security requirements.
    222 
    223 To generate a host key, run "make host-key". Alternately you can do so
    224 manually using the following commands:
    225 
    226     ssh-keygen -t rsa1 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N ""
    227     ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -N ""
    228     ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N ""
    229 
    230 Replacing /etc/ssh with the correct path to the configuration directory.
    231 (${prefix}/etc or whatever you specified with --sysconfdir during
    232 configuration)
    233 
    234 If you have configured OpenSSH with EGD support, ensure that EGD is
    235 running and has collected some Entropy.
    236 
    237 For more information on configuration, please refer to the manual pages
    238 for sshd, ssh and ssh-agent.
    239 
    240 4. (Optional) Send survey
    241 -------------------------
    242 
    243 $ make survey
    244 [check the contents of the file "survey" to ensure there's no information
    245 that you consider sensitive]
    246 $ make send-survey
    247 
    248 This will send configuration information for the currently configured
    249 host to a survey address.  This will help determine which configurations
    250 are actually in use, and what valid combinations of configure options
    251 exist.  The raw data is available only to the OpenSSH developers, however
    252 summary data may be published.
    253 
    254 5. Problems?
    255 ------------
    256 
    257 If you experience problems compiling, installing or running OpenSSH.
    258 Please refer to the "reporting bugs" section of the webpage at
    259 http://www.openssh.com/
    260 
    261 
    262 $Id: INSTALL,v 1.91 2014/09/09 02:23:11 dtucker Exp $
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