SSH + Kerberos Password auth

sxw at inf.ed.ac.uk sxw at inf.ed.ac.uk
Fri Mar 5 02:09:10 EST 2004


On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Kumaresh wrote:

> As a follow up of the previous question, I dig the source and please
> validate my understanding.
> 
> When SSH is used with GSSAPI or Kerberos password authentication, once the
> user is authenticated and after logout, if we do klist, then there are no
> keys displayed.
> I have come across the function krb5_free_principal( ). Is this the function
> that destroys the keys after the authentication is done?

Err, no -that's just an internal memory destructor.

You want the "GssapiDelegateCredentials" option, or the (IIRC) -k command 
line switch. Read the man pages for more details.

S.




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