[OpenAFS] account support in pam_afs.so?

[Derek Atkins]

No.  Kerberos only provides authentication, not account information.
You still need to use NIS, Hesiod, LDAP, or /etc/passwd for account
information.

-derek

Karl Bowden <kbowden@pacificspeed.com.au> writes:

> Is it possible to use the kerberos support in AFS for account
> information? maybe with a pam_krb5afs.so module?
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 01:08, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Yes, you need to use one of the following for Account information:
> > 
> >         NIS
> >         LDAP
> >         Hesiod
> >         /etc/passwd
> > 
> > Authentication information can (should!) be done using krb5,
> > although you could use kaserver if you really want to use old
> > software that will probably disappear relatively soon.
> > 
> > -derek
> 
> 

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