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| Gladiator 2004-01-23, 7:48 pm |
| I hope someone can help me to understand one thing. 
What´s the difference between openssh from RedHat and from www.openssh.org?
I have installed a portable openssh 3.5p1-1.rpm on RedHat 7.3 and it was a
year ago.
Now I want to update the latest openssh with openssh-3.1p1-14.i386.rpm från
RedHat Network.
If you look at the version number it lower then the one I have installed, am
I upgrading or downgrading?
Whats the difference? Could anyone tell me or give a tips on a websites that
have this information for a newbie like me.
I did install the openssh-3.1p1-14.i386.rpm anyway on my server and it did
install new sshd_config.rpmnew.
But I restarted sshd without changing the sshd_config and I got following
errors on these options:
UsePrivilegeSeparation
KerberosAuthentication
KerberosOrLocalPasswd
KerberosTicketCleanup
Is my server more secure after the upgrade?
Billy
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| Gladiator wrote:
quote:
> If you look at the version number it lower then the one I have installed,
> am I upgrading or downgrading?
> Whats the difference? Could anyone tell me or give a tips on a websites
> that have this information for a newbie like me.
.... as a rule, the release of [third party] software from a distro
vendor will always be a little bit behind the third party software
vendor.
for example, suse offers gaim v.60, but i can get v.70 directly
from the gaim folks.
in the case of openssh, i'll bet you can update your system with
the latest [security] patches from red hat.
as far as the version numbers you provided: 3.7.1 is the current
release. you say you installed openssh 3.5p1-1.rpm last year
and that the latest at red hat is openssh-3.1p1-14.i386.rpm - yes,
that is for red hat 7.3. 3.5.p1 is for red hat 9. it stands to
reason that a software version for an older release of a distro
will be behind (lower #), as there will be dependencies on the
complete distro package.
..
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/// Michael J. Tobler: motorcyclist, surfer, skydiver, \\\
\\\ and author: "Inside Linux", "C++ HowTo", "C++ Unleashed" ///
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Children are natural mimic who act like their parents despite
every effort to teach them good manners.
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| Gladiator wrote:
quote:
> If you look at the version number it lower then the one I have installed,
> am I upgrading or downgrading?
> Whats the difference? Could anyone tell me or give a tips on a websites
> that have this information for a newbie like me.
.... as a rule, the release of [third party] software from a distro
vendor will always be a little bit behind the third party software
vendor.
for example, suse offers gaim v.60, but i can get v.70 directly
from the gaim folks.
in the case of openssh, i'll bet you can update your system with
the latest [security] patches from red hat.
as far as the version numbers you provided: 3.7.1 is the current
release. you say you installed openssh 3.5p1-1.rpm last year
and that the latest at red hat is openssh-3.1p1-14.i386.rpm - yes,
that is for red hat 7.3. 3.5.p1 is for red hat 9. it stands to
reason that a software version for an older release of a distro
will be behind (lower #), as there will be dependencies on the
complete distro package.
..
--
/// Michael J. Tobler: motorcyclist, surfer, skydiver, \\\
\\\ and author: "Inside Linux", "C++ HowTo", "C++ Unleashed" ///
\\\ http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mtobler/mjt_linux_page.html ///
Children are natural mimic who act like their parents despite
every effort to teach them good manners.
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| Gladiator wrote:
quote:
> If you look at the version number it lower then the one I have installed,
> am I upgrading or downgrading?
> Whats the difference? Could anyone tell me or give a tips on a websites
> that have this information for a newbie like me.
.... as a rule, the release of [third party] software from a distro
vendor will always be a little bit behind the third party software
vendor.
for example, suse offers gaim v.60, but i can get v.70 directly
from the gaim folks.
in the case of openssh, i'll bet you can update your system with
the latest [security] patches from red hat.
as far as the version numbers you provided: 3.7.1 is the current
release. you say you installed openssh 3.5p1-1.rpm last year
and that the latest at red hat is openssh-3.1p1-14.i386.rpm - yes,
that is for red hat 7.3. 3.5.p1 is for red hat 9. it stands to
reason that a software version for an older release of a distro
will be behind (lower #), as there will be dependencies on the
complete distro package.
..
--
/// Michael J. Tobler: motorcyclist, surfer, skydiver, \\\
\\\ and author: "Inside Linux", "C++ HowTo", "C++ Unleashed" ///
\\\ http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mtobler/mjt_linux_page.html ///
Children are natural mimic who act like their parents despite
every effort to teach them good manners.
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