Quoting Lic. Jose Ramon Fernandez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I'm working on a Web implementation on a Sun Ultra 10 with Solaris
> 2.5.1, and I need to authenticate users with their username/password on
> this application. This Sun has afs3.4 5.38 as a client.
>
> How can I implement (or there is something already implemented) a
> program that receive an AFS username/password, and gives an "correct
> user/pass" or "incorrect user/pass"?
Cornell uses 'sidecar'. A web search turned up the following old but
interesting link discussing several methods:
http://asdtserver.cit.cornell.edu/solutions/Application%20Architecture/Security/kcartel96.html
You may be able to get a sidecar technical document in PDF (ack) from:
http://www.mandarin.org/PMI_Catalog/Security.html
-Rick
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