Information about the package, gsi-openssh, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gsi-openssh package is designed for, An implementation of the SSH protocol with GSI authentication.
Package Name:
gsi-openssh
Summary:
An implementation of the SSH protocol with GSI authentication
Description:
SSH (Secure SHell) is a program for logging into and executing commands on a remote machine. SSH is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and to provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel. OpenSSH is OpenBSD's version of the last free version of SSH, bringing it up to date in terms of security and features. This version of OpenSSH has been modified to support GSI authentication. This package includes the core files necessary for both the gsissh client and server. To make this package useful, you should also install gsi-openssh-clients, gsi-openssh-server, or both.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.3p1
Release:
17.el6
Size:
230 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the gsi-openssh package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gsi-openssh
This command will install gsi-openssh on the server.
yum remove gsi-openssh
This command will un-install gsi-openssh on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gsi-openssh, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gsi-openssh
This command will un-install gsi-openssh on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gsi-openssh when using the -y flag.
yum update gsi-openssh
This command will update gsi-openssh to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gsi-openssh, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gsi-openssh
This command will update gsi-openssh to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gsi-openssh when using the -y flag.
yum info gsi-openssh
This command will show you core information about the gsi-openssh package.
yum deplist gsi-openssh
This command will show you the dependencies for gsi-openssh. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update gsi-openssh
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gsi-openssh. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.