[1692] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Redhat 4.2/Linux-Athena
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Murphy)
Wed Jun 4 13:30:36 1997
From: Chris Murphy <chris@MIT.EDU>
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Chris Murphy <chris@MIT.EDU>, Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>,
linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "04 Jun 1997 12:21:18 EDT."
<sjm206imj9d.fsf@charon.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 13:30:27 EDT
> I'm not sure what you mean by "back out the athena rc file so you can
> install the athena-rc RPM"... The athena rc file should be a part of
> the athena-rc RPM; unless you're talking about a modified athena.init.
> If this is the case, then it may be worthwhile to figure out a way to
> support your usage of athena.init in the default file, so you don't
> need local hacks.
>
There is an rc file that starts afs, does a gettime, and starts zhm (and
probably some other things as well) that aren't appropriate for home or laptop
users.
> Also, what do you mean by "play around with login programs so you can
> use kerberized telnet without getting an Athena login"? Since we plan
> to\ move towards a PAM model, you can basically turn of the "kerberos"
> part (to get you a kerberos ticket) without turning on the
> Hesiod/Attach part (to get you an Athena session)... Is that what you
> mean? Or do you mean something else? How would you do what you want
> on an Athena sparc or sgi?
Unless something has changed since last I did this, there is a dependancy
between the ktelnet rpm (which installs both the client and the server) and
the athena login, so if you want the ability to do kerberized telnet (useful
for the home and mobile user) you probably have to ignore the dependancies for
the package and then pickup after the telnet daemon installation, depending on
how/if you want to deal with telnet connections. Not a major problem but
kinda messy, especially if all you really want is a telnet client.
Also, while I like to think of myself as special :), I'm not sure that's
really true here. Do you consider home and laptop users that unusual?
-Chris
