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Date:      Sun, 11 Aug 1996 08:30:30 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Cc:        spr@awod.com
Subject:   Re: Whereis crypt?
Message-ID:  <199608110630.IAA04746@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <v01540b02ae330b760ec5@[206.31.146.213]> from "spr@awod.com" at "Aug 11, 96 00:08:54 am"

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As spr@awod.com wrote:

> When I am compiling qpopper, htpasswd, and several other apps, the compile
> dies and says that it needs to know where crypt is so that it knows how
> password encryption is handled.

Password encryption is handled by -lcrypt.  This is usually a symlink
to either libscrypt or libdescrypt, depending on your encryption
method.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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