krb5 commit: Document preauth flags for service principals

Benjamin Kaduk kaduk at MIT.EDU
Fri May 31 13:09:50 EDT 2013


https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/7425e9b69566c241c54eb2686fb37f216122423f
commit 7425e9b69566c241c54eb2686fb37f216122423f
Author: Ben Kaduk <kaduk at mit.edu>
Date:   Thu May 30 18:49:36 2013 -0400

    Document preauth flags for service principals
    
    These flags are overloaded to mean different things for clients and
    servers; previously we only documented the client behavior.
    
    ticket: 7653 (new)
    tags: pullup
    target_version: 1.11.4

 doc/admin/admin_commands/kadmin_local.rst |   10 ++++++++--
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/admin/admin_commands/kadmin_local.rst b/doc/admin/admin_commands/kadmin_local.rst
index 3072eec..39351df 100644
--- a/doc/admin/admin_commands/kadmin_local.rst
+++ b/doc/admin/admin_commands/kadmin_local.rst
@@ -242,12 +242,18 @@ Options:
 {-\|+}\ **requires_preauth**
     **+requires_preauth** requires this principal to preauthenticate
     before being allowed to kinit.  **-requires_preauth** clears this
-    flag.
+    flag.  When **+requires_preauth** is set on a service principal,
+    the KDC will only issue service tickets for that service principal
+    if the client's initial authentication was performed using
+    preauthentication.
 
 {-\|+}\ **requires_hwauth**
     **+requires_hwauth** requires this principal to preauthenticate
     using a hardware device before being allowed to kinit.
-    **-requires_hwauth** clears this flag.
+    **-requires_hwauth** clears this flag.  When **+requires_hwauth** is
+    set on a service principal, the KDC will only issue service tickets
+    for that service principal if the client's initial authentication was
+    performed using a hardware device to preauthenticate.
 
 {-\|+}\ **ok_as_delegate**
     **+ok_as_delegate** sets the **okay as delegate** flag on tickets


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