August 2003
Intermediate to advanced
270 pages
10h 9m
English
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Building the distribution
After unpacking the tar file, you’ll have a heimdal-0.6 directory (or whatever the latest version is). Heimdal uses the GNU autoconf configure process. Table 4-3 lists some of the more important options that the Heimdal configure script recognizes.
Table 4-3. Heimdal options
Option | Description |
--prefix=<dir> | Sets the directory prefix where the Kerberos binaries, libraries, documentation, and KDC databases are located. By default, everything will be installed under /usr/local; however, some sites may want to change this to something else that fits their naming scheme. |
--with-krb4=<dir> | Gives the configure program the prefix directory where the Kerberos 4 include files and libraries are located. If you installed the kth-krb distribution, this option can be used to tell the Heimdal configure program where you’ve installed the kth-krb Kerberos 4 libraries. |
--with-openssl=<dir> | Heimdal can either link against OpenSSL or an internal DES library for cryptography support. By default, Heimdal will look for OpenSSL in some standard locations, such as /usr and /usr/local. If you have OpenSSL installed in another directory, set this configuration option to the root directory of your OpenSSL installation. |
--without-ipv6 | By default, Heimdal will compile support for IPv6 in the KDC and user libraries (if your operating system supports IPv6 sockets). Use this option to disable the IPv6 support in Heimdal. |
--with-openldap=<dir> | By default, Heimdal keeps its Kerberos database in a local ... |
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