[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:

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> 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