Hi I got the following config.log error message with gcc: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- configure:4428: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall -I/usr/local/include -I/opt -L/usr/local/lib -R/usr/local/lib -L/usr/ucblib -R configure: In function `main': configure:4422: warning: implicit declaration of function `RAND_add' configure:4423: warning: implicit declaration of function `RAND_status' Undefined first referenced symbol in file RAND_add /var/tmp/ccTiRxaM.o RAND_status /var/tmp/ccTiRxaM.o ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to conftest collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure: failed program was: #line 4414 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" #include <string.h> #include <openssl/rand.h> int main(void) { char a[2048]; memset(a, 0, sizeof(a)); RAND_add(a, sizeof(a), sizeof(a)); return(RAND_status() <= 0); } ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- with cc: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- configure:4428: cc -o conftest -g -I/usr/local/include -I/opt -L/usr/local/lib -R/usr/local/lib -L/usr/ucblib -R/usr/ucblib "configure", line 4417: cannot find include file: <openssl/rand.h> cc: acomp failed for conftest.c configure: failed program was: #line 4414 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" #include <string.h> #include <openssl/rand.h> int main(void) { char a[2048]; memset(a, 0, sizeof(a)); RAND_add(a, sizeof(a), sizeof(a)); return(RAND_status() <= 0); } ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The file rand.h: -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 4701 Sep 25 13:09 /usr/local/lib/include/openssl/rand.h Additionally the option --with-ssl-dir has no effect at all. cu Alexander -- Alexander Elgert Public Group System Administration Group TU Darmstadt ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]