[1878] in Kerberos-V5-bugs
Re: K5B5 on AIX 4.1.4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Ramus)
Tue Apr 16 12:38:01 1996
To: Barry Jaspan <bjaspan@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Sam Hartman <hartmans@MIT.EDU>, Doug Engert <DEEngert@anl.gov>,
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU>, krb5-bugs@MIT.EDU
Reply-To: ramus@es.net
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:37:40 -0700
From: "Joe Ramus" <ramus@ES.NET>
Barry Jaspan said:
>> Having krlogind base its behavior on "options" specified in the name
>> before "logind" is a total mistake. There is not one single good
>> reason for it, and there is an extremely good reason not to do it: it
>> is *VERY* confusing, totally unlike any other Unix daemon in the
>> world, and dangerous because it will inevitably result in
>> misconfigured krloginds that allow connections they shoulnd't. The
>> very message that started this thread is an excellent example of how
>> confusing it can be. It is confusing even before you ask the next
>> logical question: how to options specified in the name and options
>> specified on the command line interact? There is no good answer to
>> that question that is understandable and rememberable to normal
>> people.
>>
I agree 100%. Get rid of that KLUDGE.
Use command line options.
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