[264] in Kerberos
re: Kerberos login suggestions
daemon@TELECOM.MIT.EDU (Jerome H. Saltzer)
Sun Nov 29 17:54:07 1987
To: <treese@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Cc: kerberos@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, treese@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <treese@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>'s message of Sun, 29 Nov 87 16:39:54 EST
From: Jerome H. Saltzer <Saltzer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
> 1. Note the entry in utmp as something like "#treese" instead of
> "root". The '#' indicates that this is really a root login,
> similar to the '*' used on a login server. (this change may
> actually be in klogind; I don't recall now who does that).
If utmp has room, how about noting the entry as "treese.root". Using
the full (external) Kerberos name.instance also extends in an obvious
way to cover some other cases that may come up.
Jerry
