are supported on most major platforms for which they exist.
The `configure' script will attempt to determine if your
system uses shadow passwords, but this is really just a guess.
+Also, if you are using an alternate authentication scheme
+(s/key. kerberos, AFS, DCE, etc...) configure will *not* try
+to check for a shadowed passwd file.
Therefore, it is suggested that you use the `--with-C2' option
to `configure' if you need shadow password support.
Digital UNIX 3.x
Irix 5.x
AIX 3.2.x
- ConvexOS with C2 security
+ ConvexOS with C2 security (not tested recently)
Linux
SCO 3.2.2
SVR4 (and variants using standard SVR4 shadow passwords)
C compiler or have a copy of the GNU C compiler (gcc).
Sparc binaries for gcc may be gotten via the URL
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2
- NOTE: sudo will not build with the sun C compiler in BSD
+ NOTE: sudo will *not* build with the sun C compiler in BSD
compatibility mode (/usr/ucb/cc). Sudo is designed
to compile with the standard C compiler (or gcc) and
will not build correctly with /usr/ucb/cc.