The very first NIM password prompt -- customer feedback needed.

[Kevin Koch]

Before NIM has a default identity, it prompts for a password for <WINDOWS
USERNAME>@ATHENA.MIT.EDU.  Leash leaves the Name field blank.  Leash
suggests what kind of name to enter in the line 'You are required to enter
your Kerberos Password.'

MIT support staff believe that users will try to obtain credentials and
fail, whenever the Windows username isn't the same as the Kerberos username.


Has there been any other user feedback about the password prompt dialog?

I propose improving the user understanding of the password prompt dialog by:

. Adding a line of explanation, as in Leash, above the Username line:
"Enter your Kerberos password."
. Restoring this Leash behavior: initialize the Username text entry field to
blank.
. Changing the text "Username" to the left of the text entry field to
"Kerberos\r\nUsername."

Thanks.

Kevin Koch
Kerberos for Windows Lead Software Engineer
Information Services & Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
304 Vassar St. W92-143
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-324-8949
kpkoch at mit.edu