Re: Proper way to upgrade OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.9

2004-01-20 Thread Joerg Pernfuss
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:50:06 -0800
Jason Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My question is, what is the proper method in doing so?
> I see that, currently in the ports tree, openssh 3.7.1p2 is available
> for install.
> There is also the possibility of installing from source.
> I would think that using the ports tree may be a very good option, as
> you can upgrade later with portupgrade.

>From ports should be better imho. It's a source install too.
Additionally it is automated and integrated.

> 
> With that in mind, what is the best method in doing this?

You have (at least) two possibilities when installing from ports.
a) "normal" installation
will install the new sshd to /usr/local/sbin/ and leave the old version
as it is. then change rc.conf :
 sshd_program="/usr/local/sbin/sshd"
 sshd_flags="-f /usr/local/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
or whereever you install the files to.
This way you can change back to the old version by changing the rc.conf
back to its defaults.

b) "overwrite" installation
specify OPENSSH_OVERWRITE_BASE (check the Makefile, but that should be
it) when installing the port. This overwrites the old base system sshd.
No need for rc.conf changes, but be sure to define NO_OPENSSH= YES in
your make.conf - otherwise the next buildworld will overwrite your
port installed sshd again.

Joerg


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Proper way to upgrade OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.9

2004-01-20 Thread Jason Williams
Good morning everyone.

I just had a couple of questions about upgrading OpenSSH on a FreeBSD 4.9 box.
Being that 4.9 ships with:
OpenSSH_3.5p1 FreeBSD-20030924, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090703f

I wanted to upgrade my version of OpenSSH to a more recent version.

My question is, what is the proper method in doing so?

I see that, currently in the ports tree, openssh 3.7.1p2 is available for 
install.
There is also the possibility of installing from source.

I would think that using the ports tree may be a very good option, as you 
can upgrade later with portupgrade.

With that in mind, what is the best method in doing this?
If I decided to use the ports tree to upgrade my openssh, do I need to do 
anything before hand? Backup? Save etc...(I should mention, im testing this 
on a test system first).

I appreciate the input and advice anyone lends.

Cheers,

Jason 

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