upgrade SSH

[chindi]

Hi i need to upgrade from OpenSSH_3.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 2003 to latest one...

i have downloaded openssh-5.8.tar..
have restored d tatr file..now how do i install it..
m new to linux...have exp on hpux...only..
a guide would b helpful...

uname -a
Linux intmailserver 2.6.9-1.667smp #1 SMP Tue Nov 2 14:59:52 EST 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[DeafFrog]

Hi Chindi ,

first extract the tar in a newly created directory , using the command tar xvf , there you will find a README , please go thru it and you will get your answer.

Regards,

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] you will find a README [...]

And/or "INSTALL".

[Wilfred Chau_1]

is it a redhat system?

I would backup the ssh*_config file in /etc/ssh
and the host key before the upgrade

[rmueller58]

If it's RH or Fedora, you should be able to do a yum update or up2date on RHEL5


Be specific as to the Linux you are using as installation methods vary.

[rmueller58]

the kernel Id doesn't say what Distro you are using, Ubuntu, Redhat, Fedora, SUSE, etc, will all have a bit different way of doing things.

For Fedora using yum is fairly simple.

# yum update ssh

for Ubuntu
apt-get update ssh

these are the top two.

[Johan Guldmyr]

In some cases you can do:

cat /etc/issue
or
cat /etc/release

and that will tell you which distribution you have.