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diff --git a/sites/www/changelog.rst b/sites/www/changelog.rst index 8838f5aa..67242b22 100644 --- a/sites/www/changelog.rst +++ b/sites/www/changelog.rst @@ -2,6 +2,20 @@ Changelog ========= +- :support:`1311` (for :issue:`584`, replacing :issue:`1166`) Add + backwards-compatible support for the ``gssapi`` GSSAPI library, as the + previous backend (``python-gssapi``) has since become defunct. This change + also includes tests for the GSSAPI functionality. + + Big thanks to Anselm Kruis for the patch and to Sebastian Deiß (author of our + initial GSSAPI functionality) for review. + + .. note:: + To be very clear, this patch **does not** remove support for the older + ``python-gssapi`` library. We *may* remove that support in a later release, + but for now, either library will work. Please upgrade to ``gssapi`` when + you can, however, as ``python-gssapi`` is no longer maintained upstream. + - :bug:`322 major` `SSHClient.exec_command <paramiko.client.SSHClient.exec_command>` previously returned a naive `~paramiko.channel.ChannelFile` object for its ``stdin`` value; such objects diff --git a/sites/www/installing.rst b/sites/www/installing.rst index 3631eb0d..cffdba5f 100644 --- a/sites/www/installing.rst +++ b/sites/www/installing.rst @@ -95,22 +95,41 @@ In general, you'll need one of the following setups: Optional dependencies for GSS-API / SSPI / Kerberos =================================================== -In order to use GSS-API/Kerberos & related functionality, a couple of -additional dependencies are required (these are not listed in our ``setup.py`` -due to their infrequent utility & non-platform-agnostic requirements): - -* It hopefully goes without saying but **all platforms** need **a working - installation of GSS-API itself**, e.g. Heimdal. -* **Unix** needs `python-gssapi <https://pypi.org/project/python-gssapi/>`_ - ``0.6.1`` or better. - - .. note:: This library appears to only function on Python 2.7 and up. - -* **Windows** needs `pywin32 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pywin32>`_ ``2.1.8`` - or better. +In order to use GSS-API/Kerberos & related functionality, additional +dependencies are required. It hopefully goes without saying but **all +platforms** need **a working installation of GSS-API itself**, e.g. Heimdal. .. note:: If you use Microsoft SSPI for kerberos authentication and credential delegation, make sure that the target host is trusted for delegation in the active directory configuration. For details see: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738491%28v=ws.10%29.aspx + +The ``gssapi`` "extra" install flavor +------------------------------------- + +If you're installing via ``pip`` (recommended), you should be able to get the +optional Python package requirements by changing your installation to refer to +``paramiko[gssapi]`` (from simply ``paramiko``), e.g.:: + + pip install "paramiko[gssapi]" + +(Or update your ``requirements.txt``, or etc.) + +Manual dependency installation +------------------------------ + +If you're not using ``pip`` or your ``pip`` is too old to support the "extras" +functionality, the optional dependencies are as follows: + +* All platforms need `pyasn1 <https://pypi.org/project/pyasn1/>`_ ``0.1.7`` or + later. +* **Unix** needs: `gssapi <https://pypi.org/project/gssapi/>`__ ``1.4.1`` or better. + + * An alternative is the `python-gssapi + <https://pypi.org/project/python-gssapi/>`_ library (``0.6.1`` or above), + though it is no longer maintained upstream, and Paramiko's support for + its API may eventually become deprecated. + +* **Windows** needs `pywin32 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pywin32>`_ ``2.1.8`` + or better. |