[patch]: README and INSTALL fixes
Pekka Savola
pekkas at netcore.fi
Sun Feb 18 08:49:20 EST 2001
Hello all,
I happened to glance through README/INSTALL quickly and noticed some
things that have changed. There's probably more. Everything listed in
the patch might not be really necessary.
ssh-keygen parameters is something that should be changed, at least.
--
Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall"
Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords
-------------- next part --------------
--- openssh/INSTALL Sat Feb 17 23:24:39 2001
+++ openssh.new/INSTALL Sat Feb 17 23:30:35 2001
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
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 @@
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 @@
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 @@
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
--- openssh/README Sat Feb 17 23:43:07 2001
+++ openssh.new/README Fri Feb 9 16:56:34 2001
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org. The list is open to posting by
unsubscribed users.
-If you are a citizen of the USA or another country which restricts
-export of cryptographic products, then please refrain from sending
+If you are a citizen of an USA-embargoed country to which export of
+cryptographic products is restricted, then please refrain from sending
crypto-related code or patches to the list. We cannot accept them.
Other code contribution are accepted, but please follow the OpenBSD
style guidelines[6].
More information about the openssh-unix-dev
mailing list