On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > I'm still a bit confused about PAM though. While it is possible to do > what kinit does and verify a password, the real reason we like kerberos is > because we don't have to enter passwords; we get a ticket and the server > verifies that the ticket is valid. How exactly does this fit in the PAM > model?
At a guess, it is given your username, obtains the ticket from wherever that is stored locally and goes off and verifies it against the server. If the server comes back affirmative, it grants you access. Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message