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author | Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> | 2019-06-28 12:07:55 +0100 |
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committer | Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> | 2019-08-08 10:20:37 +0100 |
commit | 7c03bb9fff02b7f08d4654f51f8667584a92cf72 (patch) | |
tree | ca957310a9ac672badb87ccd70c326d062c30a01 /INSTALL | |
parent | 5c5cdcd8157c0ce0fdf3793217883c435cdf57bb (diff) |
Clarify the INSTALL instructions
Ensure users understand that they need to have appropriate permissions
to write to the install location.
Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9268)
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
-rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 22 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ $ nmake test $ nmake install + Note that in order to perform the install step above you need to have + appropriate permissions to write to the installation directory. + If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below. This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is: @@ -108,6 +111,12 @@ OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods. Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL + The installation directory should be appropriately protected to ensure + unprivileged users cannot make changes to OpenSSL binaries or files, or install + engines. If you already have a pre-installed version of OpenSSL as part of + your Operating System it is recommended that you do not overwrite the system + version and instead install to somewhere else. + If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this: On Unix: @@ -941,8 +950,11 @@ $ mms install ! OpenVMS $ nmake install # Windows - This will install all the software components in this directory - tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its + Note that in order to perform the install step above you need to have + appropriate permissions to write to the installation directory. + + The above commands will install all the software components in this + directory tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its default): Unix: @@ -998,6 +1010,12 @@ for private key files. misc Various scripts. + The installation directory should be appropriately protected to ensure + unprivileged users cannot make changes to OpenSSL binaries or files, or + install engines. If you already have a pre-installed version of OpenSSL as + part of your Operating System it is recommended that you do not overwrite + the system version and instead install to somewhere else. + Package builders who want to configure the library for standard locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that it can easily be packaged, can use |