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    1: [[!tag kerberos howto]]
    2: 
    3: ## Why enable Kerberos on your system?
    4: 
    5: Convenience and security. With
    6: [Kerberos](http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/dialogue.html), a single
    7: login grants access to all NetBSD web services. Configuration is easy
    8: and you only have to do it once (sometimes less).
    9: 
   10: 
   11: ## NetBSD
   12: 
   13: NetBSD needs to be configured to prevent Kerberos from being used
   14: to log into _your_ system, and then to enable Kerberos.
   15: 
   16: 7. Either disable Kerberos auth for `sshd`, `login`, etc. in
   17: `/etc/pam.d`, or tell your relevant services not to use PAM.
   18: 
   19:    /!\ Disabling KerberosAuthentication in `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` does **NOT** prevent `sshd` from invoking `pam_krb5.so` and prompting for a Kerberos password -- oops. Since you probably do not have a host key in the realm NETBSD.ORG you have little to fear from ssh's KerberosAuthentication method -- nothing can get tickets to use your machine, because there is no host instance for your machine shared between the NetBSD kerberos server and your local keytab. So, the bottom line: turn off UsePAM for `sshd` or adjust your PAM configuration; don't worry about KerberosAuthentication or GSSAPIAuthentication in `sshd` itself.
   20: 
   21: 7. Create `/etc/krb5.conf` containing only the line `[libdefaults]`.
   22: 
   23: NetBSD will now autodiscover and uses the NETBSD.ORG KDC as defined
   24: in DNS. To use Kerberized TNF services, log in with your Kerberos
   25: [[password]]:
   26: 
   27:     $ kinit <username>@NETBSD.ORG
   28: 
   29: The right-hand side is a Kerberos realm, not a DNS domain. Case is significant!
   30: 
   31: 
   32: ## Mac OS X
   33: 
   34: OS X autodiscovers and uses the NETBSD.ORG KDC as defined in DNS.
   35: To use Kerberized TNF services, log in with your Kerberos [[password]]:
   36: 
   37:     $ kinit <username>@NETBSD.ORG
   38: 
   39: The right-hand side is a Kerberos realm, not a DNS domain. Case is significant!
   40: 
   41: ### A Keychain.app trick
   42: 
   43: To pop up a GUI password dialog:
   44: 
   45:     $ kinit <username>@NETBSD.ORG </dev/null
   46: 
   47: Check "Remember this password in my keychain" to make future Kerberos
   48: logins (sans input redirection) prompt-free.
   49: 
   50: ### Storing the Kerberos Password in Your Keychain
   51: 
   52: Let us say you have an account "bob" on the realm "NETBSD.ORG" with password "mypasswd". Then in a Terminal type on one single line
   53: 
   54:     security add-generic-password -a "bob" -l "NETBSD.ORG (bob)" -s "NETBSD.ORG" -w "mypasswd" -c "aapl" -T "/usr/bin/kinit"
   55: 
   56: This will create an item in your default Keychain named "NETBSD.ORG (bob)" with your Kerberos credentials and kinit it will be authorized to access it. You can add as many -T "/fulpath/program" switches as you want, each will give access to the specific program to use your kerberos credentials. For example -T "/Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail" will add access for Mail.app.
   57: 
   58: More details with man security.
   59: 
   60: After that kinit bob@NETBSD.ORG will not prompt you for a password but will get it from the keychain.
   61: 
   62: (This tip is orignally from [superuser.com](http://superuser.com/questions/360262/integrate-kerberos-and-keychain))
   63: 
   64: ## Windows XP
   65: 
   66: Windows does not provide an easy way to configure and use KDCs
   67: different from the one embedded into an Active Directory.
   68: 
   69: Therefore, to use [[Kerberos]], you should follow the following
   70: steps:
   71: 
   72: 7. Download the
   73:    [MIT Kerberos for Windows](http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/dist/#kfw-3.2)
   74:    installer. It is composed of different tools traditionally found
   75:    with Kerberos distributions, like
   76:    [[!template id=man name=kinit section=1]] or
   77:    [[!template id=man name=klist section=1]], and a Network Identity
   78:    Manager, an application used to manage credential caching of
   79:    Kerberos tickets.
   80: 
   81: 7. Install the package. Use the default provided options, then
   82:    restart the computer.
   83: 
   84: 7. The Network Identity Manager
   85:    [(PDF)](http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/kfw-3.2/kfw-3.2.2/netidmgr_userdoc.pdf)
   86:    should automatically start when you login. As there is no principal
   87:    currently configured, it should open a dialog box to obtain the
   88:    new credentials.
   89: 
   90: 7. Enter your principal:
   91: 
   92:     Username: <username>
   93:     Realm: NETBSD.ORG
   94: 
   95: 7. Click `Ok`. After a few seconds, it should obtain the TGT for
   96:    you from the NETBSD.ORG KDC.