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| author | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2010-09-25 13:54:58 +0200 |
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| committer | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2010-09-25 13:54:58 +0200 |
| commit | d2df913659fc1e6632a685d1bf981cfdc4829991 (patch) | |
| tree | 081b4be1c88e4fcd33f020bc2e72a3d470e1daed | |
| parent | f6ed5a438ba124e555503a64c433ad0b0d9d02e3 (diff) | |
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Revise GSSAPI/Kerberos V documentation.
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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 9daeff97..a57e4583 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -2074,13 +2074,15 @@ IMAP-GSS protocol?</a></h2> <p>Fetchmail can use RFC1731 GSSAPI authorization to safely identify you to your IMAP server, as long as you can share Kerberos V credentials with your mail host and you have a GSSAPI-capable -IMAP server - those are few.</p> +IMAP server.</p> <p>fetchmail does not compile in support for GSS by -default, since it requires libraries from the Kerberos V -distribution (available via FTP at <a -href="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu/pub/ATHENA/kerberos">athena-dist.mit.edu</a>). -If you have these, compiling in GSS support is simple: add a +default, since it requires libraries from a Kerberos V +distribution, such as <a href="http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/">MIT + Kerberos</a> or <a href="http://www.h5l.org/">Heimdal + Kerberos</a>.</p> + +<p>If you have these, compiling in GSS support is simple: add a <code>--with-gssapi=[/path/to/krb5/root]</code> option to configure. For instance, I have all of my Kerberos V libraries installed under /usr/krb5 so I run <code>configure |