- (djm) Bug #461: ssh-copy-id fails with no arguments. Patch from

[openssh.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -6,17 +6,21 @@ You will need working installations of Zlib and OpenSSL.
 Zlib:
 http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ 
 
-OpenSSL 0.9.5a or greater:
+OpenSSL 0.9.6 or greater:
 http://www.openssl.org/
 
-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.
+(OpenSSL 0.9.5a is partially supported, but some ciphers (SSH protocol 1 
+Blowfish) do not work correctly.)
 
 OpenSSH can utilise Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) if your system
 supports it. PAM is standard on Redhat and Debian Linux, Solaris and
 HP-UX 11.
 
+NB. If you operating system supports /dev/random, you should configure 
+OpenSSL to use it. OpenSSH relies on OpenSSL's direct support of 
+/dev/random. If you don't you will have to rely on ssh-rand-helper, which 
+is inferior to a good kernel-based solution.
+
 PAM:
 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/
 
@@ -45,18 +49,6 @@ lacks /dev/random and don't want to use OpenSSH's internal entropy collection.
 
 http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/
 
-GNU Make:
-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
-
-OpenSSH has only been tested with GNU make. It may work with other
-'make' programs, but you are on your own.
-
-PCRE (PERL-compatible Regular Expression library):
-ftp://ftp.cus.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programing/pcre/
-
-Most platforms do not require this.  However older Unices may not have a 
-posix regex library. PCRE provides a POSIX interface.
-
 S/Key Libraries:
 http://www.sparc.spb.su/solaris/skey/
 
@@ -109,21 +101,12 @@ name).
 
 There are a few other options to the configure script:
 
---with-rsh=PATH allows you to specify the path to your rsh program. 
-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.
-
 --with-pam enables PAM support.
 
 --enable-gnome-askpass will build the GNOME passphrase dialog. You
 need a working installation of GNOME, including the development
 headers, for this to work.
 
---with-random=/some/file allows you to specify an alternate source of
-random numbers (the default is /dev/urandom). Unless you are absolutely
-sure of what you are doing, it is best to leave this alone.
-
 --with-prngd-socket=/some/file allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD 
 support and to specify a PRNGd socket. Use this if your Unix lacks 
 /dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin entropy 
@@ -190,6 +173,10 @@ are installed.
 --with-4in6 Check for IPv4 in IPv6 mapped addresses and convert them to
 real (AF_INET) IPv4 addresses. Works around some quirks on Linux.
 
+--with-opensc=DIR
+--with-sectok=DIR allows for OpenSC or sectok smartcard libraries to
+be used with OpenSSH.  See 'README.smartcard' for more details.
+
 If you need to pass special options to the compiler or linker, you
 can specify these as environment variables before running ./configure.
 For example: