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Install OpenSSH on IRIX

  1. Download OpenSSH portable source package from here or other mirror sites.
  2. ungzip and untar the src package.
  3. cd the src dir and issue ./configure.
  4. gmake
  5. Create a new user named sshd
    In /etc/passwd:
    sshd:x:52058:2509:sshd privsep:/var/empty:/bin/false

    In /etc/group:
    sshd:x:2509:

  6. gmake install
  7. create /etc/init.d/sshd as described in this site . Some syntax error might need to be fixed.
  8. As root, run /etc/init.d/sshd start to start the daemon.

You could upgrade OpenSSH remotely without being disconnected!!!

Just run gmake install and kill 1234 && /etc/init.d/sshd
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