Success! klog.afs worked, I have a token now and can interact normally with
the cell.  Thanks everyone for your help!

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Jeffrey Altman <jalt...@auristor.com> wrote:

> On 4/7/2016 2:24 PM, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> > On 4/7/2016 12:59 PM, Steven Mikes wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >> I am attempting to access an AFS cell which I believe is still using
> >> Kerberos V4. Existing machines in the cell use the 'klog' command
> >> (klog.krb) to obtain tokens.
> >> I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.2 with openAFS 1.6.17, and cannot figure out
> >> how to authenticate. The /usr/bin/klog in my install is symlinked to
> >> /etc/alternatives/klog, which is itself linked back to
> >> /usr/bin/klog.krb5, so there doesn't see to be a v4 version of the
> >> command at all. I know it was deprecated for security reasons and V5 is
> >> the recommended authentication method, but the cell I need to connect to
> >> is still on V4. Is there a way to configure krb5 so I can obtain tokens?
> >> I have tried various options in the /etc/krb5.conf file with no luck
> >> yet. Any help is much appreciated.
> >> -Steven Mikes
> >
> > Steven,
> >
> > I believe the Global Foundries cell is still using the IBM AFS kaserver
> > for authentication.  The klog.krb5 and kinit/aklog authentication
> > methods will not work with it.  Only the kauth version of klog can be
> > used to authenticate with the kaserver.
>
> Try executing klog.afs.  It should be installed as part of the
> openafs-client package.
>
> > Jeffrey Altman
> > AuriStor, Inc.
>
>
>


-- 
*Steven Mikes*
Integrated Circuit Designer
Global Foundries

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