glfs/server/other/openssh/openssh-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of <application>OpenSSH</application></title>

<para><application>OpenSSH</application> runs as two processes when connecting to other
computers. The first process is a priviledged process and controls the
issuance of privileges as necessary. The second process communicates
with the network. Additional installation steps are necessary to set up
the proper environment which are performed by the following
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>mkdir /var/empty &amp;&amp;
chown root:sys /var/empty &amp;&amp;
groupadd sshd &amp;&amp;
useradd -c 'sshd privsep' -d /var/empty -g sshd -s /bin/false sshd</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Install OpenSSH by running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh \
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--libexecdir=/usr/sbin --with-md5-passwords &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install </command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>