So one should not expect KDC output when running "gsscred -a"?

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> The gsscred command makes GSS/Kerberos names out of usernames.
> That's all it does.
> 
> So what could there be for the KDC to do for gsscred? Principal
> name validation? A principal name might be valid one moment,
> and later not (e.g., a user might be fired/layed off or quit
> soon after you create a gsscred db entry for her), so that's
> not really useful (principal name "validation" is really done
> during GSS context setup).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Nico
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 2:04 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: How does gsscred work?
> > 
> > 
> > I have install a KDC on a Solaris machine which will act as the
> > server.  My client machine is a HP-UX.  I got gss-server (Solaris) and
> > gss-client (Solaris and HP-UX) working without any problems.
> > 
> > Then I ported gsscred on HP-UX.  The utility executed without any
> > errors and generated gsscred_db for the Kerberos mechanism.  However,
> > I don't see any output from KDC log file when gsscred is executed. 
> > Shouldn't gsscred be talking to the KDC?
> > 
> > How about gssd?  Which services/principals are gsscred/gssd utilizing
> > when going over to the KDC?
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