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Re: (ITS#6971) Incorrect configure option in documentation



--On Sunday, June 12, 2011 4:15 AM +0000 crhea@mayo.edu wrote:

> Full_Name: Cris Rhea
> Version: 2.4.25
> OS: Linux/CentOS
> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> Submission from: (NULL) (129.176.151.29)
>
>
> http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/install.html#TCP%20Wrappers
>
> Sections 4.2.6 and 4.3 mention using "--with-wrappers" to enable TCP
> Wrappers. This
> option does not cause "configure" to fail, but instead, silently does
> nothing.
>
> The correct option is "--enable-wrappers".
>
> This is also a minor security bug as people might think their systems have
> TCP Wrapper restrictions, but unless someone tests it, they won't realize
> it isn't working.
>

Thanks for the report, this has been fixed in the git master.

--Quanah

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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Sr. Member of Technical Staff
Zimbra, Inc
A Division of VMware, Inc.
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