dfs/dce and openssh

Douglas E. Engert deengert at anl.gov
Fri May 11 05:21:17 EST 2007



Perry Smith wrote:
> I searched google and did not find any hits on this being solved.
> 
> I want to get ssh so I can the dsa/rsa style password it in an  
> environment that uses dfs/dce authentication if that is possible (and  
> it has not already been solved).  In other words, I want to be able  
> to log into a host as a dfs/dce user without typing my password.


DCE uses Kerberos 5, so the GSSAPI code in SSH should work. Delegation
should also work, so you can get tickets for DFS.

> 
> Before I dig into the code and trying to do this, I wanted to ask  
> those two questions:
> 
> 1) Has it already been accomplished?
> 
> 2) Is it known to be "really really really" hard?
> 
> I'm not subscribed to this let so please CC me on any replies.
> 
> Thank you
> Perry Smith ( pedz at easesoftware.com )
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