Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:53:40 -0700 From: Michael Collette <metrol@metrol.net> To: FreeBSD Security <FreeBSD-Security@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Kerberos to file server Message-ID: <200307301553.40385.metrol@metrol.net>
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Howdy, I may be approaching this problem entirely wrong, or not. Was hoping for a little guidance one way or the other. I've got this AS/400 with gobs of unused file storage on it that I want to share across as a file server to a FreeBSD box. The AS/400 side of things supports NFS and kinda pretends to be a Unix like machine in this role. Users will be booting from diskless clients hosted from the FreeBSD box. The base directories like /usr and such will come from there. I want to have user alterable stuff like /home and shared directories to be hosted over on the AS/400, as it's got all the space. My primary problem with this is insuring one login gets you access to both the FreeBSD box as well as the shares on the AS/400. I don't want to have users log into the FreeBSD box then need to again do a login again to the AS/400. From what I've read thus far it "seems" that configuring Kerberos between the two is the way to go about this. The handbook talks about setting up a remote loging kind of thing, but nothing about how to handle NFS permissions. I also don't quite get how to automate the process of authenticating and mounting upon initial login. Question 1: Am I heading down the right road, or are there other options I should be considering first? Question 2: If I'm on the correct path where should I look for some kind of a tutorial for the mechanics of getting this to happen? Thanks, -- "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." - Yogi Berra
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