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This is the README for PuTTY, a free Windows and Unix Telnet and SSH
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client.
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PuTTY is built using CMake <https://cmake.org/>. To compile in the
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simplest way (on any of Linux, Windows or Mac), run these commands in
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the source directory:
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cmake .
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cmake --build .
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Then, to install in the simplest way on Linux or Mac:
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cmake --build . --target install
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On Unix, pterm would like to be setuid or setgid, as appropriate, to
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permit it to write records of user logins to /var/run/utmp and
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/var/log/wtmp. (Of course it will not use this privilege for
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anything else, and in particular it will drop all privileges before
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starting up complex subsystems like GTK.) The cmake install step
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doesn't attempt to add these privileges, so if you want user login
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recording to work, you should manually ch{own,grp} and chmod the
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pterm binary yourself after installation. If you don't do this,
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pterm will still work, but not update the user login databases.
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Documentation (in various formats including Windows Help and Unix
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`man' pages) is built from the Halibut (`.but') files in the `doc'
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subdirectory. If you aren't using one of our source snapshots, you'll
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need to do this yourself. Halibut can be
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found at <https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/>.
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The PuTTY home web site is
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https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
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If you want to send bug reports or feature requests, please read the
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Feedback section of the web site before doing so. Sending one-line
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reports saying `it doesn't work' will waste your time as much as
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ours.
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See the file LICENCE for the licence conditions.
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