Upgrade base openssh

Mel fbsd.questions at rachie.is-a-geek.net
Tue Nov 11 05:07:05 PST 2008


On Tuesday 11 November 2008 13:38:11 Matiss wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there a way to just upgrade base openssh without breaking a lot of
> things? I have an old 5.4 stable box, and I would like to get openssh
> up to date, since it is running sshd service, and it is not possible
> to allow it only from defined ips.
> Or I just have to eat it and upgrade the whole system? :)

That's not a bad idea in itself, since the longer you wait, the harder the 
upgrade track becomes, but in the meantime, you can use 
security/openssh-portable port. From it's pkg-message:

To enable this port, add openssh_enable="YES" in your rc.conf. To
prevent conflict with openssh in the base system add sshd_enable="NO"
in your rc.conf.

-- 
Mel

Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
    and never get to the software part.


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