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commit 7c03bb9fff02b7f08d4654f51f8667584a92cf72
Author: Matt Caswell <[email protected]>
Date: Fri Jun 28 12:07:55 2019 +0100
Clarify the INSTALL instructions
Ensure users understand that they need to have appropriate permissions
to write to the install location.
Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <[email protected]>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9268)
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Summary of changes:
INSTALL | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 16de9b886d..6f04dbd7c1 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@
$ nmake test
$ nmake install
+ Note that in order to perform the install step above you need to have
+ appropriate permissions to write to the installation directory.
+
If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.
This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is:
@@ -108,6 +111,12 @@
OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods.
Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
+ The installation directory should be appropriately protected to ensure
+ unprivileged users cannot make changes to OpenSSL binaries or files, or
install
+ engines. If you already have a pre-installed version of OpenSSL as part of
+ your Operating System it is recommended that you do not overwrite the system
+ version and instead install to somewhere else.
+
If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this:
On Unix:
@@ -941,8 +950,11 @@
$ mms install ! OpenVMS
$ nmake install # Windows
- This will install all the software components in this directory
- tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
+ Note that in order to perform the install step above you need to have
+ appropriate permissions to write to the installation directory.
+
+ The above commands will install all the software components in this
+ directory tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
default):
Unix:
@@ -998,6 +1010,12 @@
for private key files.
misc Various scripts.
+ The installation directory should be appropriately protected to ensure
+ unprivileged users cannot make changes to OpenSSL binaries or files, or
+ install engines. If you already have a pre-installed version of OpenSSL as
+ part of your Operating System it is recommended that you do not overwrite
+ the system version and instead install to somewhere else.
+
Package builders who want to configure the library for standard
locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
it can easily be packaged, can use
