[Samba] Samba 3.0.23d & /etc/krb5.keytab

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Michael Schurter wrote:
> I'm new to Kerberos.  I don't understand how Samba uses the system
> keytab (/etc/krb5.keytab) when "use kerberos keytab = true".
> 
> Does Samba use service specific tickets?
> What tickets does Samba add?
> Do I need a cron job to keep them fresh or does 
> Winbind take care of it?

The keytab simply contains the long term keys for the machine's
computer account and is intended for use by Kerberized applications
other than Samba (e.g. Apache, OpenSSH, etc...)





cheers, jerry
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