[14651] in Kerberos
UID's and GID's ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan)
Tue Jul 10 23:21:18 2001
From: erebus00j_2@yahoo.com (Ryan)
Message-ID: <Xns90DAEB5869E3erebus00j2yahoocom@216.166.62.35>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 03:07:37 GMT
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
I am very new to the conceptual functionality of kerberos. If I were to
implement a KDC server and I had various unix machines authenticating to
that server, what happens to the /etc/passwd (and/or /etc/shadow) files? If
the unix machines are authenticating against the KDC, then are the UID's
still stored in /etc/passwd or does the kerberos database keep track? The
former doesn't seem likely, since every unix machine would have to have an
update copy /etc/passwd (like in the old old unix days). I have not gone
ahead with a kerberos installation yet, and maybe when I do, this point will
seem blissfully ignorant, but I have not read anything in any kerberos
documenation about UID's and how they are maintained across machines.
Am looking at this completely wrong? Any information would be appreciated to
set me on the right path if so. ;)
Thanks.
