[5749] in Kerberos
Re: arrgghh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sam Hartman)
Tue Aug 22 19:20:15 1995
To: jwb@wilbur.hargray.com (Joe Beiter)
Cc: kerberos@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "22 Aug 1995 06:59:47 EDT."
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Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 19:10:37 EDT
From: Sam Hartman <hartmans@MIT.EDU>
>>>>> "Joe" == Joe Beiter <jwb@wilbur.hargray.com> writes:
Joe> ok, I can't replace the unix login with a kerberos login and
Joe> I can't add account or change passowords in kerberos via a
Joe> scriptfile.
I assume your problem here is in assigning the password; I saw
several suggestions on how to get a script working--from using expect,
to hacking kdb_edit, etc.
Joe> Now I'm in to stupid solutions mode. Can I take the encrypted
Joe> password from /etc/passwd and shove it into the kerberos
Joe> entry for a particular user?
No. Kerberos doesn't use crypt(); instead, it stores a DES
key for each user.
--Sam
Joe> I'm screwed.. I'm just screwed. I want my cisco back... :(
Joe> -- |:=-@-=:|------|:=-@-=:|------|:=-@-=:|------|:=-@-=:| Joe
Joe> Beiter Hargray Telephone Company jwb@hargray.com My views may
Joe> not reflect the views and policies of Hargray Telephone
Joe> Company.
