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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 00000000..38784fe6 --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +How to install BIRD +=================== + +$ ./configure +$ make +# make install + +Default location for configuration file is /usr/local/etc/bird.conf and +for control socket is /usr/local/var/run/bird.ctl . You can change that +by --sysconfdir and --localstatedir configure options. + + +Requirements +============ + +For compiling BIRD you need these programs and libraries: + + - GNU C Compiler + - GNU Make + - GNU Bison + - GNU M4 + - Flex + + - ncurses library + - GNU Readline library (2.1 or newer) + +For compiling BIRD documentation you also need: + + - Linuxdoc-Tools + - LaTeX diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index e93e534d..666d9f62 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -844,7 +844,8 @@ for each neighbor using the following configuration parameters: of the interface our neighbor is connected to. <tag>password <m/string/</tag> Use this password for MD5 authentication - of BGP sessions. Default: no authentication. + of BGP sessions. Default: no authentication. Password has to be set by + external utility (e.g. setkey(8)) on BSD systems. <tag>rr client</tag> Be a route reflector and treat the neighbor as a route reflection client. Default: disabled. |