Subject: Re: krb5 for ssh2
To: Ossi Herrala <oherrala@ee.oulu.fi>
From: Roland Dowdeswell <elric@imrryr.org>
List: tech-security
Date: 05/15/2003 10:15:26
On 1053005322 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
Ossi Herrala wrote:
>

>Yes. That krb5 in ssh2 would be really cool. I like Kerberos.
>
>But krb5 is only for authentication. Is there any way to transfer user
>information (info in /etc/passwd) across networked machines which
>authenticate users though krb5? Now I need to add users (or copy
>info from /etc/passwd) to all machines and then authenticate with krb5.
>And I'm asking how to do it in NetBSD?

Typically you would use Hesiod or NIS to do this.

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