On 05. jún 2003, 14:52, Florin wrote: > Tibor Pittich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > i would like again open discussion about $subj. > > > > in fact, we have in mandrake distro started from 8.0 kerberized telnet > > and ftp services. it is ok, for kerberized networks, but i think that > > this isn't optimal for most of mandrake servers.. > > > > my general argument, why these packages could be replaced with non > > kerberized versions is that these kerberized services don't have pam > > support and this is general inconsistency in fully pam-ified distro, as > > mandrake is. > > > > i nominate for non kerberized ftp client my likemftp package which is in > > contrib. this is solid ftp client, which is default client into netbsd > > distribution > > i don't know, what telnet daemons is available with pam functionality, > > but i hope that "only one" must exists :) > > > but your package will not support kerberos authentication, right ?
yes, this is true, but it don't want support kerberos :) > so, if we move it in the main distro ... we will have to rename the > existing ftp package. Maybe you would like to move entire kerberos in > the contribs ... but the krb5libs are required for plenty of packages > ... so, any ideas, solutions ? my idea is: recompile all these packages without kerberos support and make decision about policy that we don't want kerberized packages into main. after this, move all main krb (libs + apps) stuff to contrib. if someone want kerberized version, then he can rebuild packge --with-krb or similar.. thanks for interest.. -- member of Advanced InternetWorks group -> http://www.ainetworks.sk professional home page -> http://tibor.pittich.sk personal home page -> http://c0re.phuture.sk
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