How To Install sshesame on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sshesame on Debian 12.
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 12. 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 12
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 12, 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 12 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 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
