From d2df913659fc1e6632a685d1bf981cfdc4829991 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:54:58 +0200 Subject: Revise GSSAPI/Kerberos V documentation. --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') 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?

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.

+IMAP server.

fetchmail does not compile in support for GSS by -default, since it requires libraries from the Kerberos V -distribution (available via FTP at athena-dist.mit.edu). -If you have these, compiling in GSS support is simple: add a +default, since it requires libraries from a Kerberos V +distribution, such as MIT + Kerberos or Heimdal + Kerberos.

+ +

If you have these, compiling in GSS support is simple: add a --with-gssapi=[/path/to/krb5/root] option to configure. For instance, I have all of my Kerberos V libraries installed under /usr/krb5 so I run configure -- cgit v1.2.3