[2399] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Announcing sshd for Linux-Athena!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Mon Jan 25 10:38:16 1999
To: Stanley Hu <stanhu@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU, jsholmes@MIT.EDU, eboyden@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 25 Jan 1999 10:37:46 -0500
In-Reply-To: Stanley Hu's message of Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:29:17 -0500
We've already got an Athena-Ized sshd ready for RedHat-Athena 5.2,
which is currently in alpha-test.
-derek
Stanley Hu <stanhu@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> I've compiled a version of sshd for Linux-Athena that allows you to login
> and automatically obtain your Kerberos tickets and AFS tokens, just like a
> normal Kerberos telnet session. Now you can use ssh to quickly and easily
> login to your Linux-Athena system!
>
> You'll need to download the following RPMs and install them:
>
> ftp://ftp.replay.com/pub/replay/linux/redhat/i386/ssh-1.2.26-1us.libc5.i386.rpm
> http://fusion.mit.edu/Linux/athena-ssh-server-1.2.26-1.i386.rpm
>
> The first RPM package, released by Replay Associates
> (http://www.replay.com), generates your server's public/private key pair
> and installs general ssh files. If you've already installed the ssh-server
> package from Replay, uninstall it (using rpm -e <package>) and then install
> my version.
>
> Release notes can be found at the following location:
>
> http://fusion.mit.edu/Linux/README.athena
>
> One limitation of this sshd package is that by default, it allows all users
> with a valid Kerberos username/ID to login. In order to restrict user
> access, you'll need to edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and use the
> "AllowUsers" and/or "AllowGroups" fields (see "man sshd" for more details).
>
> Please report any problems or difficulties in getting this to work.
>
> Cheers,
> Stanley Hu
--
Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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