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authorBjorn Sandell <biorn@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-12-09 23:09:04 +0000
committerBjorn Sandell <biorn@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-12-09 23:09:04 +0000
commitd365004526fcddb72ec96fab5ea4076b1eee0c5a (patch)
tree5bbba2e443425a3b4351fb6fdc9a2fbfc98e7780
parent06b600e9fecdbc2be8db1d1466c487d4d840da95 (diff)
Don't pretend that our ftp does kerberos
ok jmc@
-rw-r--r--kerberosV/src/lib/krb5/kerberos.852
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/kerberosV/src/lib/krb5/kerberos.8 b/kerberosV/src/lib/krb5/kerberos.8
index f757fbcc772..c1e450bc19b 100644
--- a/kerberosV/src/lib/krb5/kerberos.8
+++ b/kerberosV/src/lib/krb5/kerberos.8
@@ -1,4 +1,35 @@
-.\" $KTH: kerberos.8,v 1.1 2000/09/01 15:52:24 joda Exp $
+.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+.\" (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden).
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\"
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\"
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" 3. Neither the name of the Institute nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTE AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INSTITUTE OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $KTH: kerberos.8,v 1.6 2003/03/10 02:19:23 lha Exp $
.\"
.Dd September 1, 2000
.Dt KERBEROS 8
@@ -7,16 +38,16 @@
.Nm kerberos
.Nd introduction to the Kerberos system
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-Kerberos is a network authentication system. It's purpose is to
+Kerberos is a network authentication system. Its purpose is to
securely authenticate users and services in an insecure network
-environment.
+environment.
.Pp
This is done with a Kerberos server acting as a trusted third party,
keeping a database with secret keys for all users and services
(collectively called
.Em principals ) .
.Pp
-Each principal belongs to exactly one
+Each principal belongs to exactly one
.Em realm ,
which is the administrative domain in Kerberos. A realm usually
corresponds to an organisation, and the realm should normally be
@@ -25,28 +56,27 @@ or more Kerberos servers.
.Pp
The authentication process involves exchange of
.Sq tickets
-and
-.Sq authenticators
+and
+.Sq authenticators
which together prove the principal's identity.
.Pp
When you login to the Kerberos system, either through the normal
system login or with the
.Xr kinit 1
-program, you acquire a
+program, you acquire a
.Em ticket granting ticket
which allows you to get new tickets for other services, such as
.Ic telnet
or
-.Ic ftp ,
+.Ic ssh ,
without giving your password.
.Pp
For more information on how Kerberos works, and other general Kerberos
questions see the Kerberos FAQ at
-.Ad http://www.nrl.navy.mil/CCS/people/kenh/kerberos-faq.html .
-
+.Pa http://www.nrl.navy.mil/CCS/people/kenh/kerberos-faq.html .
+.Pp
For setup instructions see the Heimdal Texinfo manual.
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr ftp 1
.Xr kdestroy 1 ,
.Xr kinit 1 ,
.Xr klist 1 ,