On Fri, 2016 May 13 12:22+0200, Guido Günther wrote:
> >
> > I can just click on the little systray icon. How is the notification
> > necessary for me to get a ticket? (I am using the program under
> > Xfce, if that makes a difference.)
>
> Only if there is such an icon. E.g. GNOME relies solely on
> notifiations (which, at least there, is a good thing).
Oh. Okay. That's a different way of doing things...
> Yeah, I agree that the startup case should better indicate that the
> user does not have any creds, not that they're expired.
That would be great.
On a similar note, regarding the man page description for the --auto
option:
If this option is specified, krb5-auth-dialog will exit if it finds
that the user has no Kerberos credentials.
This could be misread as stating that the program will exit at a later
time when the user's credentials expire. I would at least add the words
"at startup" or "when it starts." Alternately, I'd suggest this
elaborated wording:
If this option is specified, krb5-auth-dialog will start only if it
finds that the user has Kerberos credentials. This may be used to
ensure that only users who actually use Kerberos see the program.
(Note that in some settings, users may authenticate to Kerberos at a
later time even if they do not have Kerberos credentials initially.)
> The Systray icon is a bandaid. On a proper integrated desktop it
> should not be needed to get a ticket.
Xfce may not be that, but in that environment, the systray icon works
perfectly :]
