From owner-freebsd-current Sun Mar 10 01:14:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA05577 for current-outgoing; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 01:14:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA05570 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 01:14:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA03195 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Sun, 10 Mar 1996 12:08:31 +0300 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Sun, 10 Mar 96 12:08:31 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.7.4/8.7.3) id MAA00617; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 12:06:02 +0300 (MSK) Message-Id: <199603100906.MAA00617@astral.msk.su> Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Please check... To: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs) Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 12:06:01 +0300 (MSK) Cc: mark@grondar.za, current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199603091745.JAA12093@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at "Mar 9, 96 09:45:50 am" From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) X-Class: Fast X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >Hi folks > > > >I have just committed a change to su(1) to better integrate Kerberos > >into it. BUT, this missive does not apply only to those of you with > >Kerberos/eBones. > > > >The result of this change is that a user will not be prompted for > >a password again if they get the Kerberos password wrong. > > What happens if your network is down to your kerberos server and your > user.root instance has a different password than your local root account? > How do you know which password to give? > I fear in this situation you even can't enter su in your client machine. It is especially bad on slip machine, because you need to enter su password first time to dial to provider to become kerberos client next. If it is so, please back out this change. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - http://dt.demos.su/~ache : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849