SEAM krb API

Will Fiveash william.fiveash at sun.com
Mon Apr 19 17:39:08 EDT 2004


On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 09:36:10AM -0700, melissa_benkyo wrote:
> hello all,
> 
> does seam support kerberos API calls? I need to implement a kerberos
> client app that needs to get initial credentials and So far based on
> my investigation, SEAM doesn't seem to have kerberos api calls. I
> found krb_get_cred but I believe these are kerberos 4 API calls and
> besides I dont' have a libkrb. hehehe so that is a problem too.

SEAM (aka Kerberos on Solaris) does not have a public API unlike MIT
Kerberos.  We suggest you use GSS as the interface to access Kerberos.
Of course the initial krb cred will have to be retrieved external to the
client program if you decide to use GSS.

-- 
Will Fiveash
Sun Microsystems Inc.
Austin, TX, USA (TZ=CST6CDT)


More information about the Kerberos mailing list