ressign 482681 krb5-doc retitle 482681 krb5-doc: krb5-admin domain_realm documentation needs update for referrals tags 482681 upstream thanks
Bastian Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: krb5 > Version: 1.6.dfsg.3-2 > Severity: normal > > The NEWS.Debian file say: > > | krb5 (1.6.1-1) unstable; urgency=low > | > | * Note that in this version, the behavior for finding what realm a > | server lives in has changed. In particular, if there is no > | domain_realm entry in krb5.conf, a server will assume that its key > | lives in the default realm set in krb5.conf. Previous versions would > | strip the hostname from the domain of the server. So, if the server's > | key is not in the default realm, add a domain_realm mapping. Clients > | still use DNS as a heuristic in some cases. > | > | -- Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:40:13 -0400 > > While the documentation say: > > | @subsection [domain_realm] > | [...] > | If no translation entry applies, the host's realm is considered to be > | the hostname's domain portion converted to upper case. For example, the > | following [domain_realm] section: > > Which is the used behaviour? NEWS.Debian is correct. The documentation predates referral support. Thanks, I'll work on getting this fixed, hopefully for the next upstream release. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
