Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 01:04:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> To: Aaron Glenn <aaron.glenn@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD ISP list <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Distributed authentication. Which one? Message-ID: <20051016010251.R90770@zoraida.natserv.net> In-Reply-To: <18f601940510151547ka3573f8v2f0633010ad2874f@mail.gmail.com> References: <20051012234337.K63956@zoraida.natserv.net> <57416b300510142221r2c3da329o65d54cb0aa04fc73@mail.gmail.com> <20051015133148.P97899@zoraida.natserv.net> <18f601940510151547ka3573f8v2f0633010ad2874f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, Aaron Glenn wrote: > Exactly. The problem I've always had is, what happens when you can > reach the device, but the device can't reach any KDC (for whatever > reason)? How can one fall back on another authentication method while > maintaining consistant login credentials? Food for thought... I am totally new at distributed authentication, but would think that at least the adminstrator(s), would want to have their id(s) in the local password database. > I would say LDAP, but then I've never used NIS. The general comment I am seeing in archives is that it is not commonly used anymore.
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