Issues with rsh and kerberos

[Waldher, Travis R]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Stevens [mailto:rstevens at vitalstream.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 12:05 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: Issues with rsh and kerberos
> 
> There's several things that may or may not be significant for you.  It
> depends on how kerberos was set up.
> 
> The easiest way to get a ticket is to do "kinit -f myusername".  If
you
> don't get an error, that means that the kerberos server on your
network
> gave you a ticket.  Your "rsh" should then work without the error.
You
> may need to do "rsh -F" to make sure your credentials get forwarded to
> the server.
> 
> If the "kinit -f" fails, try just "kinit myusername" (the "-f" means
> that you want forwardable credentials which is only supported in
> Kerberos V5 and later).  Then try the "rsh" again.  If the "rsh"
fails,
> try "rsh -F" (capital F) to forward your non-forwardable credentials.
> 
> Note that before you end your session, you should "kdestroy" to
destroy
> any credentials you may have (even though they will expire
eventually).
> Most people that have to use Kerberos put a "kinit" command in their
> shell's startup script (".bashrc", ".profile", etc.) and the
"kdestroy"
> in their logout script (".bash_logout", etc.).
> 
> See "man kerberos" for more info.

I just realized I committed a stupid.

I'm not running Kerberos in this environment.  Just NIS.  And NIS is not
Kerberos, correct?