[OpenAFS] AFS without local authentication

[Derek Atkins]

You need 'passwd' information in order to login.  Whether which
'passwd' information is located in /etc/passwd, NIS, Hesiod,
or LDAP doesn't really matter.  However, it needs to be located
somewhere, and the client machine has to be able to find it.

At MIT they store the passwd information in Hesiod, and use Kerberos
for login authentication (the actual password field of the passwd
information contains '*').  Through this manner all user account
access is controlled centrally.  Homedirectory and shell information
is stored in Hesiod, and password information is stored in Kerberos.

I hope this helps,

-derek

mateus.santos@embraer.com.br writes:

> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to make the AFS users log in a client local machine with=
> out
> having an entry in the /etc/passwd (just have an entry in the AFS Space=
> , at
> the server)?
> The Documentation tells that I have to create an entry in the AFS and o=
> ther
> entry in the /etc/passwd local machine. I just want to administrate my
> users from the server.
> 
> Thanks a lot!! (and sorry about my bad english)
> Best Regards!
> 
> Mateus Santos
> mateus.santos@embraer.com.br
> 
> A fantasia de ontem =E9 a esperan=E7a de hoje e a realidade de amanh=E3=
> 
> 
> 
> =
> 
> 
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