itojun@iijlab.net writes:

> >Surely this is an indication that there's the need for a kerberos switch
> >for nsswitch.conf and passwd information ?
> 
> 	/etc/login.conf directive is the right place, i believe.  to do this
> 	i believe we want to pull in BSD authentication code from BSD/OS 4.x.

Right. The nsswitch mechanisim handles the lookup of data; Kerberos
defers that to some other mechanisim (NIS, Hesiod, files - all the
usual nsswitch suspects). The login.conf mechanisim is much more
suitable for choosing an authentication scheme.

        - Nathan