[OpenAFS] afs@REALM purpose
   
    Derrick J Brashear
     
    shadow@dementia.org
       
    Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:15:32 -0400 (EDT)
    
    
  
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Lukas Kubin wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
> What is the purpose of afs@REALM principal? What is it used for? What
> kerberos policies should be set to it? How long lifetime does it need?
It's the service principal used by all AFS services (fileserver,
volserver, vlserver, ptserver, buserver), to secure communication and
provide authentication from clients to the servers