Upgrade OpenSSH to 7.3p1 in Cent OS 6

upgrade-openssh-7.3p1-centos-6.7.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Copyright © 2016 Faishal Saiyed
cd
timestamp=$(date +%s)
if [ ! -f openssh-7.3.zip ]; then wget https://github.com/faishal/openssh-portable/releases/download/cent.os.6.7.openssh.7.3p1/openssh-7.3.zip; fi;
unzip -o openssh-7.3.zip -d openssh-7.3p1
cd openssh-7.3p1/
cp /etc/pam.d/sshd pam-ssh-conf-$timestamp
rpm -U *.rpm
yes | cp pam-ssh-conf-$timestamp /etc/pam.d/sshd
/etc/init.d/sshd restart

PERFECT! I was able to update openssh on CENTOS 6.8 on AWS!!

Hi,
FYI I just tried with CENTOS 6.9, and it has a problem with the dependency:
./upgrade-openssh.sh Archive: openssh-7.3.zip inflating: openssh-7.3p1/openssh-7.3p1-1.x86_64.rpm inflating: openssh-7.3p1/__MACOSX/._openssh-7.3p1-1.x86_64.rpm inflating: openssh-7.3p1/openssh-clients-7.3p1-1.x86_64.rpm inflating: openssh-7.3p1/__MACOSX/._openssh-clients-7.3p1-1.x86_64.rpm inflating: openssh-7.3p1/openssh-debuginfo-7.3p1-1.x86_64.rpm inflating: openssh-7.3p1/__MACOSX/._openssh-debuginfo-7.3p1-1.x86_64.rpm inflating: openssh-7.3p1/openssh-server-7.3p1-1.x86_64.rpm inflating: openssh-7.3p1/__MACOSX/._openssh-server-7.3p1-1.x86_64.rpm error: Failed dependencies: openssh = 5.3p1-123.el6_9 is needed by (installed) openssh-askpass-5.3p1-123.el6_9.x86_64 Stopping sshd: [ OK ] Starting sshd: [ OK ]

The thing I don't understand is that there appears to be the correct openssh already installed, so why is that dependency failing?

rpm -qa | grep openssh openssh-clients-5.3p1-123.el6_9.x86_64 openssh-askpass-5.3p1-123.el6_9.x86_64 openssh-5.3p1-123.el6_9.x86_64 openssh-server-5.3p1-123.el6_9.x86_64

Thanks,
Jim

Not suggesting anything here, but I would be cautions install openssh from anything that is not the formal openssh mirrors.

Avner,
That is a well-taken caution - thx for the reminder!

Hi faishal, I changed this script into ansible. when rpm -U *.rpm my machine went unreachable. I can't go to the machine. Can you help me out?

Do not follow @sivasshankar4s script I made a test and it changes my root password... Dude trying to hack with his work luckily I made this on a test VM.

Do not follow @sivasshankar4s script I made a test and it changes my root password... Dude trying to hack with his work luckily I made this on a test VM.

Thanks for reporting this.

Hi Faishal, I need 7.4p1 for Centos 6.10. Can you please help?

awesome script! thanks a lot!!

Awesome! Works!! Thanks!