Hi all,

i need to run ssh for solaris 8

my server version is

SunOS myserver 5.8 Generic_117350-25 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880

wher i can get this?

pls help


Thanx n Regards/Ajay

enjoy

#########################
# Step 1 # download packages from sunfreeware.com and
# copy to some folder for uncluttered installation like maybe put
# under /var/tmp/s8ssh
#########################
/var/tmp >cd s8ssh
/var/tmp/s8ssh >ls

openssh-4.7p1-sol8-sparc-local.gz prngd.start
openssl-0.9.8f-sol8-sparc-local.gz sshd.start
prngd-0.9.25-sol8-sparc-local.gz zlib-1.2.3-sol8-sparc-local.gz



#########################
# Step 2 # uncompress all the gzip'd files
#########################
/var/tmp/s8ssh >for i in `ls -1 *.gz`
> do
> gzip -d $i
> done

/var/tmp/s8ssh >ls
openssh-4.7p1-sol8-sparc-local prngd.start
openssl-0.9.8f-sol8-sparc-local sshd.start
prngd-0.9.25-sol8-sparc-local zlib-1.2.3-sol8-sparc-local


#########################
# Step 3 # install the packaes in this sequence
#########################
pkgadd -d openssl-0.9.8f-sol8-sparc-local

The following packages are available:
1 SMCosslc openssl
(sparc) 0.9.8f


/var/tmp/s8ssh >pkgadd -d prngd-0.9.25-sol8-sparc-local

The following packages are available:
1 SMCprngd prngd
(sparc) 0.9.25



/var/tmp/s8ssh >pkgadd -d zlib-1.2.3-sol8-sparc-local

The following packages are available:
1 SMCzlib zlib
(sparc) 1.2.3



/var/tmp/s8ssh >pkgadd -d openssh-4.7p1-sol8-sparc-local

The following packages are available:
1 SMCosh471 openssh
(sparc) 4.7p1

#########################
# Step 4: Create startup scripts so it will fire off whenever server reboots
#########################
Startup Scripts:
Create a startup script for the ssh daemon.
/etc/init.d/ssh
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#! /bin/sh
#
# start/stop the secure shell daemon

case "$1" in

'start')
# Start the ssh daemon
if [ -f /usr/local/sbin/sshd ]; then
echo "starting SSHD daemon"
/usr/local/sbin/sshd &
fi
;;

'stop')
# Stop the ssh deamon
PID=`/usr/bin/ps -e -u 0 | /usr/bin/fgrep sshd | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}'`
if [ ! -z "$PID" ] ; then
/usr/bin/kill ${PID} >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
;;

*)
echo "usage: /etc/init.d/sshd {start|stop}"
;;

esac
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Make the script executable and create a startup script on run level 2.

/ >chmod +x /etc/init.d/sshd
/ >ln -s /etc/init.d/sshd /etc/rc2.d/S99sshd


#########################
# Step 5: same thing create startup scripts for prngd in /etc/init.d and link to /etc/rc2.d
#########################
Create a startup script for the pseudo random generator daemon.
/etc/init.d/prngd
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
#! /bin/sh
#
# start/stop the pseudo random generator daemon

case "$1" in

'start')
# Start the ssh daemon
if [ -f /usr/local/sbin/prngd ]; then
echo "starting PRNG daemon"
/usr/local/sbin/prngd /var/spool/prngd/pool&
fi
;;

'stop')
# Stop the ssh deamon
PID=`/usr/bin/ps -e -u 0 | /usr/bin/fgrep prngd | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}'`
if [ ! -z "$PID" ] ; then
/usr/bin/kill ${PID} >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
;;

*)
echo "usage: /etc/init.d/prngd {start|stop}"
;;

esac
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

/ >chmod +x /etc/init.d/prngd
/ >ln -s /etc/init.d/prngd /etc/rc2.d/S99prngd


#########################
# Step 6: path it correctly(** remember to add to .profile also)
#########################
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:.

#########################
# Step 7: startup the processes prngd first
#########################
/etc/init.d >./prngd start
starting PRNG daemon
/etc/init.d >Info: Random pool not (yet) seeded
Could not bind socket to /var/spool/prngd/pool: No such file or directory
Feb 1 14:50:19 XXXXXX prngd[2730]: [ID 388259 daemon.alert] Could not bind socket to /var/spool/prngd/pool: No such file or directory

#########################
# Step 8: create the missing folder then try again
#########################
/etc/init.d >mkdir -p /var/spool/prngd
/etc/init.d >./prngd start
starting PRNG daemon
/etc/init.d >Info: Random pool not (yet) seeded

#########################
# Step 9: start ssh process
#########################
/etc/init.d >sshd start
ld.so.1: sshd: fatal: libgcc_s.so.1: open failed: No such file or directory
Killed
/etc/init.d >


#########################
# Step 10: Install latest libgcc version (from sunfreeware.com)
#########################
/var/tmp/s8ssh >pkgadd -d libgcc*

The following packages are available:
1 SMClgcc libgcc
(sparc) 3.4.6

Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:

Processing package instance <SMClgcc> from </var/tmp/s8ssh/libgcc-3.4.6-sol8-sparc-local>

libgcc
(sparc) 3.4.6
FSF
Using </usr/local> as the package base directory.
## Processing package information.
## Processing system information.
1 package pathname is already properly installed.
## Verifying disk space requirements.
## Checking for conflicts with packages already installed.
## Checking for setuid/setgid programs.

Installing libgcc as <SMClgcc>

## Installing part 1 of 1.
/usr/local/lib/libg2c.a
/usr/local/lib/libg2c.la
/usr/local/lib/libg2c.so <symbolic link>
/usr/local/lib/libg2c.so.0 <symbolic link>
/usr/local/lib/libg2c.so.0.0.0
/usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.so <symbolic link>
/usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/local/lib/libstdc++.a
/usr/local/lib/libstdc++.la
/usr/local/lib/libstdc++.so <symbolic link>
/usr/local/lib/libstdc++.so.6 <symbolic link>
/usr/local/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.3
[ verifying class <none> ]

Installation of <SMClgcc> was successful.

/var/tmp/s8ssh >

#########################
# Step 11: Try again
#########################
/etc/init.d >./sshd start
starting SSHD daemon
/etc/init.d >Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key
Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key
Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key
Disabling protocol version 1. Could not load host key
Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key
sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting.


#########################
# Step 12: Create keys for V2
#########################
The errors above are due to the fact that we didn't create any key pairs for our ssh server.
Create a public key pair to support the new, DSA-based version 2 protocol


/ >/usr/local/bin/ssh-keygen -d -f /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key -N ""
Generating public/private dsa key pair.
Your identification has been saved in /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key.
Your public key has been saved in /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
ce:af:e5:96:e6:94:78:23:93:07:03:3a:0a:d0:90:1f root@XXXXXX
/ >



#########################
# Step 13: Create keys also to cater for V1 (OPTIONAL)
#########################
Create a public key pair to support the old, RSA-based version 1 protocol

/ >/usr/local/bin/ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key -t rsa -N ""
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Your identification has been saved in /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key.
Your public key has been saved in /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
e9:7f:8d:2c:a1:64:66:4b:87:4a:14:99:0b:69:8e:dd root@XXXXXX
/ >


#########################
# Step 14: startup ssh again
#########################
/usr/local/etc >/etc/init.d/sshd start
starting SSHD daemon
/usr/local/etc >Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key
Disabling protocol version 1. Could not load host key
Missing privilege separation directory: /var/empty



#########################
# Step 15: vi sshd_config
#########################
/usr/local/etc >ls
moduli ssh_host_dsa_key ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
prngd ssh_host_dsa_key.pub sshd_config
ssh_config ssh_host_rsa_key
/usr/local/etc >
/usr/local/etc >cat sshd_config | grep -i protocol
#Protocol 2,1

vi to edit ssh_config and uncomment the above line so it will look like this without the '#'
Protocol 2,1


/etc/init.d >mkdir -p /var/empty
/etc/init.d >./sshd start
starting SSHD daemon
/etc/init.d >Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key
Disabling protocol version 1. Could not load host key

/etc/init.d >ps -ef |grep ssh
root 2937 2816 0 15:31:19 pts/5 0:00 grep ssh
root 2934 1 0 15:31:07 ? 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/sshd

/usr/local/etc >ps -ef| grep prngd
root 2944 2816 0 15:32:37 pts/5 0:00 grep prngd
root 2734 1 0 14:51:10 ? 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/prngd /var/spool/prngd/pool



Problems
---------
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password:
Access denied

'#' back Protocol 2,1 in /usr/local/etc/sshd_config

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Thanx a lot,
it worked for me

Regards/Ajay