Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 12:33:22 -0400 From: Jon Parise <jcptch@osfmail.isc.rit.edu> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One password base for some *NIX boxes Message-ID: <19991004123322.A515@osfmail.isc.rit.edu> In-Reply-To: <NDBBJJENKLPPKCEBOILBAEBDCAAA.st@i-plus.net>; from st@i-plus.net on Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 06:42:06AM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910040127390.25333-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <NDBBJJENKLPPKCEBOILBAEBDCAAA.st@i-plus.net>
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On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 06:42:06AM -0400, Troy Settle wrote: > You say NIS+Kerberos? I thought those were 2 independant auth > schemes (like how MD5 and DES are mutually exclusive encryption > schemes, but can co-exist). Guess I got a lot more reading as to > what Kerberos is. I did make a short search for documents and > guides at one time, but failed to pull anything up. Can you > cough up a URL to a fairly comprehensive guide to setting up and > using kerberos? We run NIS and kerberosV on our machines here. NIS handles the passwd / group distribution and kerberos handles all of the authentication / certificate passing. They're not mutually exclusive. I'm afraid I don't know of any immediate references, though. -- Jon Parise (parise@pobox.com) . Rochester Inst. of Technology http://www.pobox.com/~parise/ : Computer Science House Member To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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