openssh unix dev - Oct 2003 - problem with INSTALL file

I'm reporting a problem with documentation for openssh 3.7 portable.

In the INSTALL file it says in the configure section:

--with-md5-passwords will enable the use of MD5 passwords. Enable this
if your operating system uses MD5 passwords without using PAM.

The above verbage implies that if you use PAM there's no need to use the 
--with-md5-passwords option.
This, I have discovered, is not true, at least on Redhat linux systems.  
When using PAM and MD5 passwords,
you must use the above configure option AND the --with-pam option.  If 
you don't, you won't be able to login using password authentication....

so, this wording should be changed to avoid further confusion and pain....

thanx,


Steev Hise
steev at detritus.net

steev hise wrote:
> 
> I'm reporting a problem with documentation for openssh 3.7 portable.
> 
> In the INSTALL file it says in the configure section:
> 
> --with-md5-passwords will enable the use of MD5 passwords. Enable this
> if your operating system uses MD5 passwords without using PAM.
> 
> The above verbage implies that if you use PAM there's no need to use
the
> --with-md5-passwords option.
> This, I have discovered, is not true, at least on Redhat linux systems.
Good point.  It used to be true when PAM was only a compile-time option,
but as you've discovered it isn't any more.  I will change that
paragraph
to read:

--with-md5-passwords will enable the use of MD5 passwords. Enable this
if your operating system uses MD5 passwords.  The resulting binary will
support both MD5 and traditional crypt type passwords.

	Thanks,
		-Daz.

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