The configure script in CVS 1.10.8 does not detect Kerberos v4 if only shared libraries are installed, and moreover misses to add -ldes when checking the libraries. Something like the patch below will make it work with Kth-krb 1.0.1. --- configure.in +++ configure.in Thu May 11 14:15:36 2000 @@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ AC_SUBST(includeopt) if test -n "$krb_h"; then krb_lib= - if test "$cross_compiling" != yes && test -r $KRB4/lib/libkrb.a; then + if test "$cross_compiling" != yes; then hold_ldflags=$LDFLAGS - LDFLAGS="-L${KRB4}/lib $LDFLAGS" + LDFLAGS="-L${KRB4}/lib -ldes $LDFLAGS" AC_CHECK_LIB(krb,printf,[krb_lib=yes krb_libdir=${KRB4}/lib], [LDFLAGS=$hold_ldflags # Using open here instead of printf so we don't