ssh kerberos + forwarding ticket

Douglas E. Engert deengert at anl.gov
Mon Dec 6 16:16:07 EST 2004



Frederic Medery wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> openssh version : openssh-3.9p1
> kerberos : krb5-server-1.2.7-28
> on Redhat AS V3
> 
> 
> I can connect t from station1 to server1 using kerberos auth. But the 
> tgt is not forwared (even if kinit -f).
> Server1 have a princ (host/server1) in the krb5 DB and krb5.keytab.
> 
> I thought that TGT forwarding was automatic.

The kinit -f indicates the ticket if forwardable.
You also need to tell ssh to forward the TGT.

   GSSAPIDelegateCredentials yes

For security reasons you only want to delegate to host you trust.
so you may want to add for selected hosts in your own ssh_config.

> 
> Do I need a princ host/station1 ?

No, not if station1 only the client.

> 
> 
> thanks !
> 
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