Hi folks im trying to setup ssh on a sparc solaris 8 system which ive just installed. How exactly do you go about setting the service up and do i need to install any components - ive installed off the install disk and two accompanying software setup disk. As of yet i havent added any bonus software. cheers in advance

become root install the binary gcc package from www.sunfreeware.com set path for gcc compiler (/usr/local/bin and /usr/ccs/bin) install all others from source in this order: zlib perl openssl openssh then ... # mkdir /var/empty # chown root:sys /var/empty # chmod 755 /var/empty # groupadd sshd # useradd -g sshd -c 'sshd privsep' -d /var/empty -s /bin/false sshd /var/empty shouldn't have any files inside # ssh-keygen -t rsa1 -f /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key -N "" # ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key -N "" # ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key -N "" in your /etc/init.d directory create a sshd file with the following script: --------- case "$1" in 'start') if [ -x /usr/local/sbin/sshd ]; then echo "Starting the secure shell daemon" /usr/local/sbin/sshd & fi ;; 'stop') echo "Stopping the secure shell daemon " pkill -TERM sshd ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/sshd { start | stop }" ;; esac exit 0 ------------ next do the following: # chown root /etc/init.d/sshd # chgrp sys /etc/init.d/sshd # chmod 555 /etc/init.d/sshd in /etc/init.d do: ./sshd start will start the ssh server ./sshd stop will stop it check to see if it's running: # ps -e | grep sshd good luck