[OpenAFS] RHEL5 and pam_afs

Felix Frank Felix.Frank@Desy.de
Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:51:10 +0100 (CET)


On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Atro Tossavainen wrote:

> This is probably a FAQ already.
>
> Upgraded a box to RHEL5 because a commercial application somebody
> needs has been compiled for that only and there isn't a way to get
> it to play with RHEL4.
>
> If on the text console, all is well.  Through gdm, pam_afs lets the
> user log in, generates PAG, but no token.  Can be sorted by manually
> issuing klog afterwards, but is a little cumbersome.  Is there a way
> to get this to work in the regular fashion any more?

Not sure whether this is on topic, but the kinit binary you use does make 
a difference. While MIT Kerberos kinit (default in RHEL now?) does not, 
Heimdal kinit will obtain tokens.

HTH
Felix