[3214] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: SIPB Linux-Athena goes beta
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Coventry)
Tue Nov 21 11:32:49 2000
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:32:41 -0500
Message-Id: <200011211632.LAA04282@pickled-herring.mit.edu>
From: Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU>
To: pylot@MIT.EDU
Cc: Linux-Dev <linux-dev@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011210920260.1288-100000@vanturarita.mit.edu>
(message from Daniel Preda on Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:25:11 -0500 (EST))
Hi, Daniel.
I suggest you take a look at the man page for kinit. There is an option
'-l' that will allow you to request longer-lived tickets. If you keep
your password on your machine in plaintext, you are probably going to
regret it, down the road.
Alex.
> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:25:11 -0500 (EST)
> From: Daniel Preda <pylot@MIT.EDU>
> To: Alex Coventry <alex_c@mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: SIPB Linux-Athena goes beta
> In-Reply-To: <200010060115.VAA16413@pickled-herring.mit.edu>
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>
> Hi!
>
> I have another question for you. I've successfully installed some athena
> packages on my computer (rh 6.2) but it really annoys me that I have to
> renew my tickets (I use kinit) every 10 hrs or so. Is there a way to call
> kinit from a script and to read the password from a file for instance, so
> I don't have to enter the pass manually? I know this is a security risk
> but I'm the only one to use my computer so it's not such a big risk. Or
> maybe if you have the source of kinit I could modify it.
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
