What is kerebos? and what is it used for?
What is kerebos? and what is it used for? is it necessary to have open directory work?
xserve, Mac OS X (10.5.2), xserve
Hi
Its an authentication mechanism. It facilitates SSO (Single Sign On). If you'e familiar with Windows Servers and Active Directory then you should know this? Kerberos is always running on AD so its possible you may not have noticed? Possibly thinking its all part of what AD does - which it is. Its nearly impossible to turn it off without breaking AD. LDAP Services on the mac platform consists of three components: OpenLDAP, MIT Kerberos and PasswordServer. OpenLDAP and MIT Kerberos are used extensively in AD as they are in OD. Apple's use of OpenLDAP is more standards based whereas Microsoft have tinkered with it extensively to suit their own purposes.
You'll find everything you need in the documentation which I recommend you read:
http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/
http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?mode=r&query=Kerberos&spid=glob al&catalog=LCID%3D1033&1033comm=1&res=20
Tony
Its an authentication mechanism. It facilitates SSO (Single Sign On). If you'e familiar with Windows Servers and Active Directory then you should know this? Kerberos is always running on AD so its possible you may not have noticed? Possibly thinking its all part of what AD does - which it is. Its nearly impossible to turn it off without breaking AD. LDAP Services on the mac platform consists of three components: OpenLDAP, MIT Kerberos and PasswordServer. OpenLDAP and MIT Kerberos are used extensively in AD as they are in OD. Apple's use of OpenLDAP is more standards based whereas Microsoft have tinkered with it extensively to suit their own purposes.
You'll find everything you need in the documentation which I recommend you read:
http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/
http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?mode=r&query=Kerberos&spid=glob al&catalog=LCID%3D1033&1033comm=1&res=20
Tony