Loopback Interface

[ms419@freezone.co.uk]

Thanks for the information. I agree that a command line switch would be  
the most strait forward solution. An more general alternative might be  
a configuration parameter specifying which interfaces to bind to -  
similar to the "query-source" option of the bind name server.

Probably not a valuable opinion, since I don't have the skill to  
implement it.

Jack

On Jan 7, 2004, at 7:25 AM, Dr. Greg Wettstein wrote:

> On Jan 7, 12:17am, Sam Hartman wrote:
> } Subject: Re: Loopback Interface
>
>>>>>>> "ms419" == ms419  <ms419 at freezone.co.uk> writes:
>>
>>     ms419> I'm running a slave kerberos KDC on my OS X laptop. I need
>>     ms419> to access the KDC when the laptop is disconnected from any
>>     ms419> network, but the KDC doesn't bind to the loopback
>>     ms419> interface, and I can't seem to setup a dummy interface in
>>     ms419> OS X. OS X shuts down any interface on which it can't
>>     ms419> detect a link. How can I force the KDC to bind to the
>>     ms419> loopback interface?
>
>> You cannot do so with the KDC shipped with OSX.
>>
>> There has been enough discussion of this feature of the code that we
>> may want to revisit allowing the kdc to bind to the loopback address.
>
> A command-line switch (default not to bind) to turn on binding to
> loopback might be the most appropriate solution.
>
> Best wishes for a productive week to everyone.
>
> Greg
>
> }-- End of excerpt from Sam Hartman
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