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authorDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2001-02-18 12:58:24 +1100
committerDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2001-02-18 12:58:24 +1100
commit8609332558d7130f0e4a71eba8bcad6fdebddcd5 (patch)
tree055ad2224e375c37a1a2340b0ca20c72e36899b1 /INSTALL
parent22d5aa7553d8d88a1662e977c8346eb155a7a044 (diff)
- (djm) Doc fixes from Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 9b467271..47b071e1 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ http://www.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
OpenSSL 0.9.5a or greater:
http://www.openssl.org/
-RPMs of OpenSSL are available at http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/files/support
+RPMs of OpenSSL are available at http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/files/support.
+For Red Hat Linux 6.2, they have been released as errata. RHL7 includes
+these.
OpenSSH can utilise Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) if your system
supports it. PAM is standard on Redhat and Debian Linux, Solaris and
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ If you are using PAM, you may need to manually install a PAM
control file as "/etc/pam.d/sshd" (or wherever your system
prefers to keep them). A generic PAM configuration is included as
"contrib/sshd.pam.generic", you may need to edit it before using it on
-your system. If you are using a recent version of Redhat Linux, the
+your system. If you are using a recent version of Red Hat Linux, the
config file in contrib/redhat/sshd.pam should be more useful.
Failure to install a valid PAM file may result in an inability to
use password authentication. On HP-UX 11, the standard /etc/pam.conf
@@ -107,8 +109,7 @@ Normally ./configure will search the current $PATH for 'rsh'. You
may need to specify this option if rsh is not in your path or has a
different name.
---without-pam will disable PAM support. PAM is automatically detected
-and switched on if found.
+--with-pam enables PAM support.
--enable-gnome-askpass will build the GNOME passphrase dialog. You
need a working installation of GNOME, including the development
@@ -194,8 +195,9 @@ review it to ensure that it matches your security requirements.
To generate a host key, run "make host-key". Alternately you can do so
manually using the following commands:
- ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N ""
- ssh-keygen -d -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N ""
+ ssh-keygen -t rsa1 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N ""
+ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -N ""
+ ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N ""
Replacing /etc/ssh with the correct path to the configuration directory.
(${prefix}/etc or whatever you specified with --sysconfdir during
@@ -215,4 +217,4 @@ Please refer to the "reporting bugs" section of the webpage at
http://www.openssh.com/
-$Id: INSTALL,v 1.40 2001/02/12 00:15:41 djm Exp $
+$Id: INSTALL,v 1.41 2001/02/18 01:58:24 djm Exp $