Alyce ...
The OpenSSH site will have it in source form.
Like most "open source" or community oriented software projects, it may have pre-compiled packages, or may not.
Depending on the needs, requirements, and policies of your shop, you may be able to build it. I recommend it.
If the thought of compiling the thing scares you, don't let it. There is a standard recipe most packages follow:
download the source (usually keep a copy for later reference)
unpack the source and change to the directory thus created
./configure
make
make install
For things which are security related, having source is often that much more warranted, so that you can know what the code is doing.
I habitually use two forms of "wrapper logic" to bundle the above steps. SRPM packages represent yet another wrapper. (Then there is Debian, Gentoo, the BSD way, and others.) All wrapper schemes present their own unique twist, which means more learning. But the heart of it all (for most packages) is the above sequence. Look for it if you are inclined to pursue building from source. The 'configure' step lets you modify some things about how the package is built without requiring source code changes.
A lot of this stuff works on USS too, and some things built on USS can run directly on OpenVM. Sadly, I have not been able to build OpenSSH on USS.
For Linux, you may also find some help on the LINUX-390 discussion at Marist.
-- R;
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Alyce (CIV)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Hi again,
I had gone to the below site before I sent this note,
but I didn't see anything referencing the mainframe Linux environment.
Maybe, the lastest OpenSSH is already included in 8.2. (We will be
upgrading our Linux in a few months to SLES10).
Thanks for your help,
Alyce
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Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 2:23 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: OpenSSH
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alyce Austin
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 4:12 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: OpenSSH
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I want to download the latest version of OpenSSH for my SuSE
> Linux SLES 8.2 running as a guest under z/VM.
>
> Has anyone done this recently? If so,
> what is the best method to do this?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Alyce
>
Most likely you'll need to go to http://www.openssh.org to download the
most current source, then customize (./configure), compile (make), and
install (sudo make install). I doubt that anybody has the most current
version already compiled into an RPM for SUSE 8.2. That is very old.
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