Re: transfering files between *.debian.org hosts
On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 06:17:57PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:
> > On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 02:50:29PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>
> >> By setting the "GSSAPICleanupCredentials" option in sshd_config, the
> >> credentials cache is destroyed upon logout (this can also be done
> >> through the session component of libpam_krb5.so).
>
> > ... but pam_krb5.so shouldn't be used for this, since that involves handing
> > passwords to the remote server. :)
>
> He means just using the session component, which doesn't do anything with
> passwords.
Indeed.
> However, the session stack of pam_krb5.so won't remove ticket caches it
> didn't create (intentionally), so this doesn't work the way that one might
> expect. The ssh option is the correct approach.
Ah, I didn't know that. Interesting.
> >> I'm not entirely sure whether destroying a credentials cache means the
> >> KDC is also instructed to revoke the TGT and cannot check currently,
> >> but I believe this is the case.
> >
> > It does not; that would be unnecessary communication with the KDC.
>
> It's also not something for which a KDC keeps state.
Well, like I said, I wasn't sure. Thanks for the clarification.
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