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Differences between version 12 and predecessor to the previous major change of IPSecInstallation.

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Newer page: version 12 Last edited on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 11:08:34 am by JeeKay Revert
Older page: version 11 Last edited on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 10:44:52 am by PerryLorier Revert
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 Step 2: Preparing FreeS/WAN sources 
  cd /usr/src/ 
  tar xzf ~/download/freeswan-1.99.tar.gz 
  
-Step 3: Start making FreeS/WAN 
+Step 3: Start making FreeS/WAN %%%  
+Note that this step installs the IPSec binaries in /usr/local/lib/ipsec. The "ipsec" command itself is put in /usr/local/sbin. If you later find you can't find "ipsec", check your path.  
  cd /usr/src/freeswan-1.99/ 
  make oldgo[1] 
  
 Step 4: Rebuild the kernel 
@@ -46,6 +47,6 @@
  
 When make-kpkg runs, if PATCH_THE_KERNEL is set YES then it will unpatch (clean) and patch the kernel with the contents of /usr/src/kernel-patches/ that are correct for your architecture. The --config=menuconfig step is designed to let you configure all the flash new options that FreeS/WAN provides. 
  
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-[1]: oldgo is the target for compiling statically against the kernel source. The alternative (for a module) is oldmod
+[1]: oldgo is the target for compiling statically against the kernel source. Alternatives are `menugo' and `xgo' to get a normal kernel config menu up respectively . For the menus, IPSec related options are under `Networking Options'. Always save the config when you leave, whether or not you have changed anything!  
 [2]: kinstall is the target for installing statically against the kernel source. The alternative (for a module) is minstall. Note that this step seems to attempt to auto-install the new kernel if you are running lilo.. I don't so it didn't do anything but beware.