> Um, yes, but is this a kerberos server, or is this a way to get
> kerberos tickets using a key in NIS? If the latter, then presumably
> one could use NIS with AFS (although why one would want to do this
> is a good question.)
I'm not parsing this right, I think.
One of the RPC authentication options is Kerberos 4, just like "unix", "des",
and now "gssapi". You get tickets from your Kerberos server, which you
hopefully already have, and then use RPC, at least as I understand it. It's
just another Kerberos authenticated service, just like Zephyr (to steal your
example). Indeed it should be possible to use NIS with AFS. It is after all
only a name service.
-D
