[6796] in Kerberos
Re: allowing multiple usernames
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis Putnam)
Fri Mar 1 10:32:37 1996
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 08:37:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Dennis Putnam <putnamd@atlodbs1.hayes.com>
Reply-To: putnamd@MIT.EDU.hayes.com
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <9603011148.AA21434@atlodbs1.hayes.com.hayes.com>
>
> Situation: a small college campus with multiple groups of workstations,
> each administred by different folks, and each with different username
> schemes. Allowing multiple usernames per person may be a political
> prerequisite to implementing Kerberos. Is there a solution other than
> setting up each username as a different principal?
>
> More specifics: one sub-domain requires a specific username format
> (ie. sweiler1), others allow free choice (ie. samuel or weiler). I
> don't think there are any cases where one username is used by
> different people on different systems (happily). To gain wide acceptance,
> free choice will have to be permitted, but the first group mentioned
> may not go for it.
>
I'm glad you brought this up as we were having the same discussion here
yesterday and how Kerberos would handle that with out different principles.
I'll be watching for responses but if you get any information that is not
posted to the list I would be greatful if you would pass it in to me.
---
Dennis Putnam, Manager
Technical Planning and Services
Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc.
