- (djm) Minor doc tweaks

[openssh.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5a7c4189015306a4f53322d0e8e27825e2b07fcd..d95ea4e49e131e3a42c43bc0cf05ba69a7fa3839 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 You will need working installations of Zlib and OpenSSL.
 
 Zlib:
-http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
+http://www.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
 
-OpenSSL:
+OpenSSL 0.9.5a or greater:
 http://www.openssl.org/
 
+RPMs of OpenSSL are available at http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/files/support
+
 OpenSSH can utilise Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) if your system
 supports it. PAM is standard on Redhat and Debian Linux and on Solaris.
 
@@ -26,10 +28,8 @@ passphrase requester. This is maintained separately at:
 
 http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/software/x11-ssh-askpass/index.html
 
-If you are planning to use OpenSSH on a Unix which lacks a Kernel random
-number generator (/dev/urandom), you will need to install the Entropy
-Gathering Daemon (or similar). You will also need to specify the 
---with-egd-pool option to ./configure.
+The Entropy Gathering Daemon (EGD) is supported if you have a system which
+lacks /dev/random and don't want to use OpenSSH's internal entropy collection.
 
 EGD:
 http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ 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
-config file in contrib/redhat/sshd.pam should be more useful.
+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.
 
 There are a few other options to the configure script:
 
@@ -89,14 +91,13 @@ 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 absolutly
+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-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable Entropy Gathering
-Daemon support and to specify a EGD pool socket. You will need to
-use this if your Unix does not support the /dev/urandom device (or
-similar). The file argument refers to the EGD pool file, not the 
-EGD program itself. Please refer to the EGD documentation.
+Daemon support and to specify a EGD pool socket. Use this if your
+Unix lacks /dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin
+entropy collection support.
 
 --with-lastlog=FILE will specify the location of the lastlog file. 
 ./configure searches a few locations for lastlog, but may not find
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ some platforms.
 $DISPLAY environment variable. Some broken systems need this.
 
 --with-default-path=PATH allows you to specify a default $PATH for sessions
-started by sshd.
+started by sshd. This replaces the standard path entirely.
 
 --with-pid-dir=PATH specifies the directory in which the ssh.pid file is
 created.
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ are installed.
 real (AF_INET) IPv4 addresses. Works around some quirks on Linux.
 
 If you need to pass special options to the compiler or linker, you
-can specify these as enviornment variables before running ./configure.
+can specify these as environment variables before running ./configure.
 For example:
 
 CFLAGS="-O -m486" LFLAGS="-s" LIBS="-lrubbish" LD="/usr/foo/ld" ./configure
@@ -167,9 +168,10 @@ The default configuration should be instantly usable, though you should
 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 command: 
+manually using the following commands: 
 
-/usr/bin/ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N ''
+    ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N ""
+    ssh-keygen -d -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 
@@ -186,5 +188,5 @@ for sshd, ssh and ssh-agent.
 
 If you experience problems compiling, installing or running OpenSSH. 
 Please refer to the "reporting bugs" section of the webpage at
-http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/
+http://www.openssh.com/