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| -rw-r--r-- | sites/www/changelog.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sites/www/installing.rst | 11 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sites/www/changelog.rst b/sites/www/changelog.rst index 1dab5219..a40338b0 100644 --- a/sites/www/changelog.rst +++ b/sites/www/changelog.rst @@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ Changelog SSPI (e.g. Kerberos) key exchange and authentication support (:ref:`installation docs here <gssapi>`). Mega thanks to Sebastian Deiß, with assist by Torsten Landschoff. + + .. note:: + Unix users should be aware that the ``python-gssapi`` library (a + requirement for using this functionality) only appears to support + Python 2.7 and up at this time. + * :bug:`346 major` Fix an issue in private key files' encryption salts that could cause tracebacks and file corruption if keys were re-encrypted. Credit to Xavier Nunn. diff --git a/sites/www/installing.rst b/sites/www/installing.rst index 5528b28a..a657c3fc 100644 --- a/sites/www/installing.rst +++ b/sites/www/installing.rst @@ -109,14 +109,19 @@ installation of Paramiko via ``pypm``:: Optional dependencies for GSS-API / SSPI / Kerberos =================================================== -In order to use 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): +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. * **All platforms** need `pyasn1 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyasn1>`_ ``0.1.7`` or better. * **Unix** needs `python-gssapi <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/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. |