From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 19 15:23:36 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA23866 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:23:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nhj.nlc.net.au (nhj.nlc.net.au [203.24.133.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA23861 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:23:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from john.saunders@nlc.net.au) Received: (qmail 12825 invoked by uid 1000); 20 Jan 1999 10:23:27 +1100 From: "John Saunders" Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:23:26 +1100 (EST) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Kerberos info Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm after some very basic kerberos info. I'm not after install instructions (yet). I am after some info like "what is kerberos" and "what does it give me that is worth the effort to configure it". I hear it's an authentication system, what is wrong with /etc/passwd? Why not use NIS (yellow pages)? Cheers. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ . | John Saunders - mailto:john@nlc.net.au (EMail) | ,--_|\ | - http://www.nlc.net.au/ (WWW) | / Oz \ | - 02-9489-4932 or 041-822-3814 (Phone) | \_,--\_/ | NHJ NORTHLINK COMMUNICATIONS - Supplying a professional, | v | and above all friendly, internet connection service. | +------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message