Perry E. Metzger wrote: > Prentice Bisbal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> John Hearns wrote: >>> On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 15:37 +1000, Chris Samuel wrote: >>> >>>> We'd prefer to steer clear of Kerberos, it introduces >>>> arbitrary job limitations through ticket lives that >>>> are not tolerable for HPC work. >>> Kerberos is heavily used at CERN. They have a solution for that issue - >>> the job can ask for an extension to the tickets. >>> Sorry, I don't have a reference handy but its worth documenting this for >>> the list. >> If ANYONE has more information on how this is done at CERN, I'd be very >> interested in hearing about it. I know, I know... GIYF... > > I doubt they're dong anything unusual -- this is a completely normal > thing any Kerberos setup deals with. You just stash the private key on > the server, request a long ticket lifetime and refresh reasonably > tickets frequently. Standard documentation can tell you how to do > it -- just read the manuals. > > Perry
I don't believe it. It sounds way to simple! -- Prentice _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
