[cobalt-security] SSH Questions

["Andrew Woods" <andreww@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I would grateful if anyone could help me with the following issues


I am trying to install SSH on a Raq3 and it is failing to compile
properly.
I dont understand what I can do to fix this (if there is anything).
Ideally, I would like to use a RPM :
    - to install a daemon ( so I can talk to the Raq3)
    - to install a client ( so I can talk to other machines on the
network

Here are my steps, where $ is my prompt

## This is textbook stuff
    $  tar -zxvf ssh-1.2.27.tar.gz
    $  cd ssh-1.2.27
    $  .configure

## This is where it fails
    $   make

## MY ERRORS START HERE:

gcc -pipe -c -I.  I./gmp-2.0.2-ssh-2 -I./zlib-1.0.4 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
-DHOST_KEY_FILE=\"/etc/ssh_host_key \"
-DHOST_CONFIG_FILE=\"/etc/ssh_config\"
-DSERVER_CONFIG_FILE=\"/etc/sshd_config\"
-DSSH_PROGRAM=\"/usr/local/bin/ssh1\" -DETCDIR=\"/etc\"
-DPIDDIR=\"/var/run\" -DSSH_BINDIR=\"/usr/local/bin\"
-DTIS_MAP_FILE=\"/etc/sshd_tis.map\" -D_GNU_SOURCE -g -02 ssh.c
In file included from  /usr/include/erro.h:36,
                             from includes.h:163,
                             from ssh.c:195:
/usr/include/bits/errno.h:25:  linux/errno.h: No such file or directory
In file included from  /usr/include/signal.h:294,
                             from includes.h:166,
                             from ssh.c:195:
/usr/include/bits/sigcontext.h:28:  asm/sigcontext.h: No such file or
directory
In file included from  /usr/include/socket.h:34,
                             from includes.h:215,
                             from ssh.c:195:
/usr/include/bits/errno.h:25:  asm/context.h: No such file or directory
In file included from  includes.h:166,
                             from ssh.c:195:
/usr/include/signal.h:297:  warning: 'struct sigcontext declared inside
parameter list
/usr/include/signal.h:297:  warning:  its scope is only the definitions
or declaration,
/usr/include/signal.h:297:  warning: which is probably not what you want

ssh.c:414:    storage size of 'ws' isn't known
ssh.c:899:    'TIOCGIWINSZ' undeclared (first use in this function)
ssh.c.899:    (Each undeclared indentifier is reported only once
ssh.c.899:    for each function it appears in)
make:*** [ssh.o] Error 1

### ERROR STOP HERE


On a more general note, I  understand that cobalt uses MIPS, but does
that mean we cant use any of the
security products in the format of   'name-version.i386.rpm'  files


Also, I am curious as to why SSH is not preinstalled on the Cobalt
servers, instead of Telnet.
Everyone knows the dangers of Telnet, yet it is still a standard.


==================================================================
Andrew Woods
System Administrator
andreww@xxxxxxxxxx