| 1. Prerequisites |
| ---------------- |
| |
| A C compiler. Any C89 or better compiler should work. Where supported, |
| configure will attempt to enable the compiler's run-time integrity checking |
| options. Some notes about specific compilers: |
| - clang: -ftrapv and -sanitize=integer require the compiler-rt runtime |
| (CC=clang LDFLAGS=--rtlib=compiler-rt ./configure) |
| |
| You will need working installations of Zlib and libcrypto (LibreSSL / |
| OpenSSL) |
| |
| Zlib 1.1.4 or 1.2.1.2 or greater (earlier 1.2.x versions have problems): |
| http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ |
| |
| libcrypto (LibreSSL or OpenSSL >= 0.9.8f < 1.1.0) |
| LibreSSL http://www.libressl.org/ ; or |
| OpenSSL http://www.openssl.org/ |
| |
| LibreSSL/OpenSSL should be compiled as a position-independent library |
| (i.e. with -fPIC) otherwise OpenSSH will not be able to link with it. |
| If you must use a non-position-independent libcrypto, then you may need |
| to configure OpenSSH --without-pie. Note that because of API changes, |
| OpenSSL 1.1.x is not currently supported. |
| |
| The remaining items are optional. |
| |
| NB. If you operating system supports /dev/random, you should configure |
| libcrypto (LibreSSL/OpenSSL) to use it. OpenSSH relies on libcrypto's |
| direct support of /dev/random, or failing that, either prngd or egd |
| |
| PRNGD: |
| |
| If your system lacks kernel-based random collection, the use of Lutz |
| Jaenicke's PRNGd is recommended. |
| |
| http://prngd.sourceforge.net/ |
| |
| EGD: |
| |
| If the kernel lacks /dev/random the Entropy Gathering Daemon (EGD) is |
| supported only if libcrypto supports it. |
| |
| http://egd.sourceforge.net/ |
| |
| PAM: |
| |
| OpenSSH can utilise Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) if your |
| system supports it. PAM is standard most Linux distributions, Solaris, |
| HP-UX 11, AIX >= 5.2, FreeBSD and NetBSD. |
| |
| Information about the various PAM implementations are available: |
| |
| Solaris PAM: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/pam/ |
| Linux PAM: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ |
| OpenPAM: http://www.openpam.org/ |
| |
| If you wish to build the GNOME passphrase requester, you will need the GNOME |
| libraries and headers. |
| |
| GNOME: |
| http://www.gnome.org/ |
| |
| Alternatively, Jim Knoble <jmknoble@pobox.com> has written an excellent X11 |
| passphrase requester. This is maintained separately at: |
| |
| http://www.jmknoble.net/software/x11-ssh-askpass/ |
| |
| S/Key Libraries: |
| |
| If you wish to use --with-skey then you will need the library below |
| installed. No other S/Key library is currently known to be supported. |
| |
| http://www.sparc.spb.su/solaris/skey/ |
| |
| LibEdit: |
| |
| sftp supports command-line editing via NetBSD's libedit. If your platform |
| has it available natively you can use that, alternatively you might try |
| these multi-platform ports: |
| |
| http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/ |
| http://sourceforge.net/projects/libedit/ |
| |
| LDNS: |
| |
| LDNS is a DNS BSD-licensed resolver library which supports DNSSEC. |
| |
| http://nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/ |
| |
| Autoconf: |
| |
| If you modify configure.ac or configure doesn't exist (eg if you checked |
| the code out of CVS yourself) then you will need autoconf-2.69 to rebuild |
| the automatically generated files by running "autoreconf". Earlier |
| versions may also work but this is not guaranteed. |
| |
| http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/ |
| |
| Basic Security Module (BSM): |
| |
| Native BSM support is know to exist in Solaris from at least 2.5.1, |
| FreeBSD 6.1 and OS X. Alternatively, you may use the OpenBSM |
| implementation (http://www.openbsm.org). |
| |
| |
| 2. Building / Installation |
| -------------------------- |
| |
| To install OpenSSH with default options: |
| |
| ./configure |
| make |
| make install |
| |
| This will install the OpenSSH binaries in /usr/local/bin, configuration files |
| in /usr/local/etc, the server in /usr/local/sbin, etc. To specify a different |
| installation prefix, use the --prefix option to configure: |
| |
| ./configure --prefix=/opt |
| make |
| make install |
| |
| Will install OpenSSH in /opt/{bin,etc,lib,sbin}. You can also override |
| specific paths, for example: |
| |
| ./configure --prefix=/opt --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh |
| make |
| make install |
| |
| This will install the binaries in /opt/{bin,lib,sbin}, but will place the |
| configuration files in /etc/ssh. |
| |
| If you are using Privilege Separation (which is enabled by default) |
| then you will also need to create the user, group and directory used by |
| sshd for privilege separation. See README.privsep for details. |
| |
| If you are using PAM, you may need to manually install a PAM control |
| file as "/etc/pam.d/sshd" (or wherever your system prefers to keep |
| them). Note that the service name used to start PAM is __progname, |
| which is the basename of the path of your sshd (e.g., the service name |
| for /usr/sbin/osshd will be osshd). If you have renamed your sshd |
| executable, your PAM configuration may need to be modified. |
| |
| A generic PAM configuration is included as "contrib/sshd.pam.generic", |
| you may need to edit it before using it on your system. If you are |
| using a recent version of Red Hat Linux, the config file in |
| contrib/redhat/sshd.pam should be more useful. Failure to install a |
| valid PAM file may result in an inability to use password |
| authentication. On HP-UX 11 and Solaris, the standard /etc/pam.conf |
| configuration will work with sshd (sshd will match the other service |
| name). |
| |
| There are a few other options to the configure script: |
| |
| --with-audit=[module] enable additional auditing via the specified module. |
| Currently, drivers for "debug" (additional info via syslog) and "bsm" |
| (Sun's Basic Security Module) are supported. |
| |
| --with-pam enables PAM support. If PAM support is compiled in, it must |
| also be enabled in sshd_config (refer to the UsePAM directive). |
| |
| --with-prngd-socket=/some/file allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD |
| support and to specify a PRNGd socket. Use this if your Unix lacks |
| /dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin entropy |
| collection support. |
| |
| --with-prngd-port=portnum allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD support |
| and to specify a EGD localhost TCP port. Use this if your Unix lacks |
| /dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin entropy |
| collection support. |
| |
| --with-lastlog=FILE will specify the location of the lastlog file. |
| ./configure searches a few locations for lastlog, but may not find |
| it if lastlog is installed in a different place. |
| |
| --without-lastlog will disable lastlog support entirely. |
| |
| --with-osfsia, --without-osfsia will enable or disable OSF1's Security |
| Integration Architecture. The default for OSF1 machines is enable. |
| |
| --with-skey=PATH will enable S/Key one time password support. You will |
| need the S/Key libraries and header files installed for this to work. |
| |
| --with-md5-passwords will enable the use of MD5 passwords. Enable this |
| if your operating system uses MD5 passwords and the system crypt() does |
| not support them directly (see the crypt(3/3c) man page). If enabled, the |
| resulting binary will support both MD5 and traditional crypt passwords. |
| |
| --with-utmpx enables utmpx support. utmpx support is automatic for |
| some platforms. |
| |
| --without-shadow disables shadow password support. |
| |
| --with-ipaddr-display forces the use of a numeric IP address in the |
| $DISPLAY environment variable. Some broken systems need this. |
| |
| --with-default-path=PATH allows you to specify a default $PATH for sessions |
| started by sshd. This replaces the standard path entirely. |
| |
| --with-pid-dir=PATH specifies the directory in which the sshd.pid file is |
| created. |
| |
| --with-xauth=PATH specifies the location of the xauth binary |
| |
| --with-ssl-dir=DIR allows you to specify where your Libre/OpenSSL |
| libraries |
| are installed. |
| |
| --with-ssl-engine enables Libre/OpenSSL's (hardware) ENGINE support |
| |
| --with-4in6 Check for IPv4 in IPv6 mapped addresses and convert them to |
| real (AF_INET) IPv4 addresses. Works around some quirks on Linux. |
| |
| If you need to pass special options to the compiler or linker, you |
| can specify these as environment variables before running ./configure. |
| For example: |
| |
| CFLAGS="-O -m486" LDFLAGS="-s" LIBS="-lrubbish" LD="/usr/foo/ld" ./configure |
| |
| 3. Configuration |
| ---------------- |
| |
| The runtime configuration files are installed by in ${prefix}/etc or |
| whatever you specified as your --sysconfdir (/usr/local/etc by default). |
| |
| The default configuration should be instantly usable, though you should |
| review it to ensure that it matches your security requirements. |
| |
| To generate a host key, run "make host-key". Alternately you can do so |
| manually using the following commands: |
| |
| ssh-keygen -t [type] -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N "" |
| |
| for each of the types you wish to generate (rsa, dsa or ecdsa) or |
| |
| ssh-keygen -A |
| |
| to generate keys for all supported types. |
| |
| Replacing /etc/ssh with the correct path to the configuration directory. |
| (${prefix}/etc or whatever you specified with --sysconfdir during |
| configuration) |
| |
| If you have configured OpenSSH with EGD support, ensure that EGD is |
| running and has collected some Entropy. |
| |
| For more information on configuration, please refer to the manual pages |
| for sshd, ssh and ssh-agent. |
| |
| 4. (Optional) Send survey |
| ------------------------- |
| |
| $ make survey |
| [check the contents of the file "survey" to ensure there's no information |
| that you consider sensitive] |
| $ make send-survey |
| |
| This will send configuration information for the currently configured |
| host to a survey address. This will help determine which configurations |
| are actually in use, and what valid combinations of configure options |
| exist. The raw data is available only to the OpenSSH developers, however |
| summary data may be published. |
| |
| 5. Problems? |
| ------------ |
| |
| If you experience problems compiling, installing or running OpenSSH. |
| Please refer to the "reporting bugs" section of the webpage at |
| https://www.openssh.com/ |