Procedure(s) for removing Kerberos

[Bill Smith]

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> in comp.protocols.kerberos i read:

>

> >We have Kerberos(an old 4 version I believe) installed on many of our

> >Unix systems. It was installed by someone who has since gone.

> >Problem now is that we want to remove Kerberos but have no idea what

> >that entails.

>

> this seems a foolish notion, but whatever.



Kerberos has caused more headaches than value for us. We also have no need
for it anyhow in our environment.



>

> >I've tried doing some searching to no avail. Are there documented

> >procedures somewhere on how to perform an uninstall? If so, can

> >someone point that out. Otherwise, I'd be appreciative if someone

> >could post something that we could use as a guide

>

> there are no documents on removing it, though what needs to be done is

> implied by the installation instructions. it's hard to say what you

> should do since you fail to mention the platforms involved or whether

> the kerberos was a custom installation or using the vendor supplied

> tools. well, actually that does provide the next step for you: find

> out which sort you have.

It's installed on Solaris 2.6 systems.



>

> in general you need to enable some other password authentication

> mechanism to each host, e.g., if you are returning to a local password

> database then you have to create a password for every user on every

> host.

I wish to go back to local password database.



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