[OpenAFS] AFS Cell name vs K5 REALM name

[anne salemme]

in the case of the mit cells, we wanted to have multiple cells under one 
kerberos realm...it was easier to manage a single realm, rather than a 
realm for each cell.

cheers,
anne


Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> You mean like say a krb5 realm named ATHENA.MIT.EDU supporting a cell 
> named sipb.mit.edu? Sure. Go nuts.
>
>
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, John W. Sopko Jr. wrote:
>
>> Is there any good reason(s) for NOT deploying a
>> Kerberos REALM name that is different from the
>> AFS cell name. When we move to a K5 server I may
>> have to use a different REALM name on the db/file servers.
>> I want to be sure this will not be a problem in the future.
>>
>> I have tested different realm/cell names and it works now.
>> I would prefer to have my cell name and realm name match as
>> it does now and I know that is the recommendation. For
>> political reasons I may not have that luxury when moving
>> to K5 authentication.
>>
>> Thanks for your input.
>>
>> -- 
>> John W. Sopko Jr.               University of North Carolina
>> email: sopko AT cs.unc.edu      Computer Science Dept., CB 3175
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