Posted by Pepijn Oomen
After yet another day of changing sshd_config, pam configuration and an infinite amount of restarts of the SSH daemon, I found a more elegant way of actually getting a SSH enabled host to work as a basecamp for users that are not able to generate proper Kerberos tickets on their local workstation (that is, Windows 2000 users not connected to an AD domain).
Posted by Pepijn Oomen
This one I actually only solved today, after struggling with a Debian Woody installation and comparing this with a previously installed Sarge. On Sarge I found that enabling the libpam-krb5 module did not seem to have the desired effect, that is, retaining the ticket given when the use authorizes itself. The provided upstream README says:
Read more...session module: This is complete (both functions just return success).
Posted by Pepijn Oomen
Traditionally Unix uses a passwd file to lookup user information. More recent versions use a separate shadow file for password storage. Although the passwords are not stored in cleartext, both methods do perform a security risk. On a reasonably large network this also provides a maintenance burden since all accounts need to be defined and maintained on each system.
Posted by Pepijn Oomen
I have quite a mixture of machines in my home network. It consists of Windows 2000 workstations, a MacOSX workstation, a PlayStation 2, bluetooth enabled Palm m505 and Siemens mobile, and a Debian GNU/Linux server. This provides for an excellent testbed for experimenting with interoperability issues between all of these and is a perfect playground to experiment with the different network technologies in use in the business environment today.
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Not just one, but two great product announcements from Apple on this years MacWorld. The amazingly small, and cheap, Mac mini and the also highly affordable and tiny iPod shuffle. The iPod shuffle is available now and reportedly caused a stampede at the Apple store nearest the convention centre where MacWorld is held.
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