How to build a custom firmware .deb file?

WD Legacy Products My Book Live
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nfodiz posted a great how-to for using his custom .deb to reinstall a sshd_config file:

http://community.wd.com/t5/My-Book-Live/GUIDE-SSH-Lockout-Fix-for-people-messing-with-sshd-config/td-p/546119

Unfortunately it’s not compatible with my WD device and I need to build my own .deb file to reinstall my sshd_config. Is there a how-to somewhere for building the .deb file? I’m hoping to build it with Windows using 7-zip but have access to a linux machine if necessary.

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I don’t have any experience on this, but maybe some of the other users can share some advice. 

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Help? Is what I’m trying to do that unusual? Sorry for the bump.

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Yes.

usually you will need Linux gurus.

There is a guide here:  http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/mybook-live

These devices run Debian Lenny, plenty of guides how to build deb files out there.

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Posted the question to StackExchange and got a nice answer for creating a .deb file relatively simply.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26550085/simple-deb-package-for-debian-lenny/26571338?iemail=1&noredirect=1