How To Install sshesame on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install sshesame on Debian 11. sshesame is fake SSH server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sshesame on Debian 11.

What is sshesame

sshesame is:

This package contains a fake SSH server that lets everyone in and logs their activity.

Details sshesame accepts and logs

  • every password authentication request,
  • every SSH channel open request and
  • every SSH request

without actually executing anything on the host.

Warning: This software, just like any other, might contain bugs. Given the popular nature of SSH, you probably shouldn’t run it unsupervised as root on a production server on port 22. Use common sense.

There are three methods to install sshesame on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sshesame Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sshesame using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sshesame

Install sshesame Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sshesame using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sshesame

Install sshesame Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install sshesame using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sshesame

How To Uninstall sshesame on Debian 11

To uninstall only the sshesame package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sshesame

Uninstall sshesame And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sshesame and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sshesame

Remove sshesame Configurations and Data

To remove sshesame configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sshesame

Remove sshesame configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sshesame configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sshesame

Dependencies

sshesame have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sshesame package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.