Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Seriously, what's the difference to the end user?
Having to type their password first?
Having to restart gaim or psi or other apps because there's a
race condition between login and network startup?
> As far as technical implementation I don't see using cached credentials
> to be less "straightforward" than trying to do network configuration
> before login.
Caching credentials is a HARD problem. How is PAM supposed to
know my kerberos password, unless it stores it somewhere? I don't
want PAM to store my _kerberos_ password.
Meanwhile, storing network passwords in a place that only root/NM
can get to it? Not so big a deal in my mind. These passwords
don't authenticate me, per se. They just let me on the network.
I still need to use Kerberos, SSH, etc. in order to _do_ anything
on the network.
-derek
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