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authorGreg Hudson <ghudson@mit.edu>2010-10-01 15:56:30 +0000
committerGreg Hudson <ghudson@mit.edu>2010-10-01 15:56:30 +0000
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Implement k5login_directory and k5login_authoritative options
Add and document two new options for controlling k5login behavior. ticket: 6792 git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/trunk@24402 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970
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@@ -468,6 +468,20 @@ Sets the maximum allowable amount of clockskew in seconds that the
library will tolerate before assuming that a Kerberos message is
invalid. The default value is @value{DefaultClockskew}.
+@itemx k5login_authoritative
+If the value of this relation is true (the default), principals must
+be listed in a local user's k5login file to be granted login access,
+if a k5login file exists. If the value of this relation is false, a
+principal may still be granted login access through other mechanisms
+even if a k5login file exists but does not list the principal.
+
+@itemx k5login_directory
+If set, the library will look for a local user's k5login file within the
+named directory, with a filename corresponding to the local username.
+If not set, the library will look for k5login files in the user's home
+directory, with the filename @code{.k5login}. For security reasons,
+k5login files must be owned by the local user or by root.
+
@itemx kdc_timesync
If this is set to 1 (for true), then client machines will compute the
difference between their time and the time returned by the KDC in the