Subject: ssh -- Where do I download and how do I install the latest versio n of ssh?
From: Hallmark, Aaron (hallmark@marshall.usc.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 14:30:38 MDT
> Hi --
>
(Apologies if this message was posted to the list already -- I sent the
message to general@yellowdoglinux.com but never received a response, and I
don't know whether that message got posted to this list; I have since
subscribed to the list and hope I can get a response here. :)
> I am running YellowDogLinux 1.2 (Revision 1.2, April 2000). I want to
> install the latest version of ssh (or, openssh -- I read somewhere that
> ssh became obsolete) that works with this version of YDL. Where can I
> find it to download, and where can I find instructions for how to install
> it?
>
> I have searched the YellowDogLinux website fairly extensively already
> trying to answer this question. Although I have found some email messages
> on the "general" mailing list that talk about install-ssh, these messages
> do not indicate where the "official" location for downloading the latest
> version is. There are some vague references to it, but I have found no
> conclusive answers. In fact, here's one question from an email posted in
> August 2000 that seems to have gone unanswered
> (http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/yellowdog-general/August00/0194.html):
>
> -----
> 6.) Where can I get SSH and/or SCP for YDL ? The latest install-ssh that
> Dan put on the FTP site was for Champion1.1, and there is none for 1.2 ...
>
> why? And also, as a newbie I would prefer an easily-installed .rpm instead
>
> of a .src.rpm, but I'll take the latter if I have to (what with the
> copyright and rsa stuff hanging over our heads). My iBook is really of
> little use when I am online unless I have SSH.
> -----
>
> I have also searched google.com, and I see that there are a couple of
> distributions of install-ssh floating around for YDL, version 0.6-1 and
> version 1.0.5-1. However, I do not know whether 1.0.5-1 is the latest,
> nor have I found any of these links so far to offer instructions on
> installation.
>
> I guess I'm just looking for a page on YellowDog's website that says
> something like "This is the official page explaining how to install ssh on
> your YellowDogLinux box". I realize that this may be a lot to ask for in
> the sink-or-swim world of Linux, and I expect to get flamed by countless
> engineer-types for not being resourceful enough or smart enough to figure
> this out myself without asking for help and cluttering the email lists,
> but I hope not! ;)
>
> I just figure that ssh is a pretty fundamental component of Linux that
> most people will want to install, and that it would be a key part of the
> distribution if it weren't for the RSA issues. Given it's importance, I'd
> hope for a more prominent explanation of its download and installation on
> the YellowDogLinux website.
>
> Please help me! :)
>
> Aaron Hallmark
> MBA Candidate, May 2001
> VP Site Visits, High Tech Association
> USC Marshall School of Business
> aaron@stanfordalumni.org
> 310-666-2330
>
>
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