[6960] in Kerberos
Re: Kerberos on CRAY running UNICOS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Schoofs)
Wed Mar 27 12:09:16 1996
From: Bill Schoofs <wjs@cray.com>
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 10:49:06 -0600 (CST)
Bobby G. Pham wrote:
>
> Does any one know whether or not Kerberos V4 has been ported to a Cray
> running UNICOS? How does the standard C type 'long' handle on such a
> system where Kerberos expects 'long' to be 4-byte. I believe most
> int and long on a Cray are 8-byte long. Thanks/
>
> --
>
> _____ http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/b/bgp/www/ _____
Yes, Cray Research ported Kerberos V4 to UNICOS. It needs to be
specifically requested when ordering UNICOS software. Ints and longs
are 8 bytes in length on Cray systems. The Kerberos code has ifdefs added
to compensate for length differences and still process the protocol
correctly.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill Schoofs, Networking & Communications Cray Research, Inc.
Phone: (612) 683-5445 655F Lone Oak Drive
E-mail: wjs@cray.com or uunet!cray!wjs Eagan, MN 55121
