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Re: Behavioural differences in Heimdal and MIT [was: Re: API differences between Heimdal and MIT]



On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 07:38:06AM -0500, Buck Huppmann wrote:

> getting completely outside the box, the application needn't even call
> krb5_kuserok() and just do what it thinks is right, given the auth-
> enticated principal. i think that's probably the right thing to do,
> since kerberos is an authentication system, after all, not an author-
> ization system.

Yes, making krb5_kuserok() officially deprecated may be a good idea.
Nowadays the use of PAM is widespread and writing a PAM module that
implements krb5_kuserok() functionality for those who need it should be
easy. Deprecating krb5_kuserok() should be coordinated with MIT however.

Gabor

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