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This howto is for Stanford System Administrators.
Kerberos Client Installation
- Install the Kerberos client
- rpm -install krb5-libs krb5-workstation pam_krb5
- Create the krb5.conf file under /etc/krb5.conf. It can be found on the Leland servers under /etc/krb5.conf
- Test if the Kerberos Client is working
- Type kinit SUnetID. Where SUnetID is your own SUnetID.
- Type klist to check if you Kerberos ticket was returned.
- As a superuser type "setup"
- A new windows called Choose a Tool appears
- Select Authentication configuration
- Select Use MD5 Passwords, Use Shadow Passwords, Use Kerberos
- Click Next
- The next window called Kerberos Settings should be auto populated. If not, check to ensure the /etc/krb5.conf file is correct compared with the Leland copy.
- Click Ok
- Click Quit
- Create a new user with the username matching their SUnetID. You can create them a local account "shadow" password or not. If you create them a local password, than they have the option of either logging in with their SUnet password or their local account "shadow" password.
Configure Kerberos Client
