[Gllug] ssh

[Paul Brazier]

Well this is kind of related to my post earlier about compatibility of
rpm's.
I installed Mandrake 8.0 on a Pentium II (it uses i586 rpm's, though I
didn't notice this at the time)
I then switched the hard drive into the 486/33.
It all seems to work fine.
I have openssh and openssh-client installed from the start as i586 rpm's
and they work fine as clients to the Pentium machine's server.
If I try to install openssh-server (i586) version now it complains about
incompatible architecture (I tried --force but no luck).
So I downloaded a i386 version and installed that no problem (I had to
use --nodeps because of some dependency problem because of some slightly
different build number (2.4.3p2-3mdk instead of 2.4.3p2-5mdk or
something) plus some library that was actually there(?))

So maybe my rpm installation isn't ideal :-) but I'm just playing around
really - nothing mission critical.
If I get no luck with waiting for the keys to build I'll get all three
openssh packages as i386 and identical versions, though the problem is I
may get into a dependency domino effect and end up replacing half the
packages.

Maybe the long-term solution is not to use Mandrake for ageing hardware?
I've thought about Debian but thought maybe it would be too much of a
headache, plus I don't think my 56k modem is up to a network install.
Is Debian OK for someone who's not a total newbie but not exactly a
Linux whizzkid either?
I'm basically just using the 486 to play around with networking so I
don't need X or anything like that, just a cut-down system with vi and
networking stuff on it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan.Matthews at caplin.com 
> Sent: 22 August 2001 12:33
> To: caplin.com.Nathan.Matthews; linux.co.uk;.gllug
> Subject: RE: [Gllug] ssh
> 
> 
> Sorry to state the obvious but it was installed of a i386 or 
> i486 rpm wasnt
> it?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xander D Harkness [mailto:xander at harkness.co.uk]
> Sent: 22 August 2001 12:30
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] ssh
> 
> 
> I believe it is generating the keys.
> 
> Can you run top on another console?
> 
> I installed openssh on a 486 100MHz a few weeks ago and it 
> took about 5 
> minutes or more for the calculation.
> 
> Cheers
> Xander
> 
> Paul Brazier wrote:
> > I'm trying to install the ssh server on an old 486/33.
> > 
> > When I first started it it generated an RSA key which took 
> a minute or
> > so.
> > Then it says generating DSA key (I think these TLAs are correct, I'm
> > doing this from memory).
> > Than it just does nothing on screen - I've left it for 15 
> mins. Is it
> > just doing some heavy calculation that takes ages - should 
> I persevere?
> > There's no message, dots, spinning cursor or anything.
> > 
> > Otherwise it might be because I've got slightly different 
> build numbers
> > for the openssh and openssh-server rpm's.
> > 
> > On a related note, what's the essential difference between rsh and
> > telnet? Do they both give the same functionality but just 
> use different
> > protocols or something?
> > 
> > --
> > Paul Brazier
> > Cosmos UK 
> > 
> > 
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