Kerberos & LDAP

[Jason Edgecombe]

Prasad (普拉萨德) wrote:
> I am ok that we normally use the Kerberos to keep the password and LDAP is
> just for authorization. But then if my DNS Goes down, then no one can login
> to the system because Kerberos is highly dependent on the DNS and NTP. Thats
> why I am thinking of having the username and password in LDAP too. I am not
> allowing my DNS to crash but just in case. So preparing backup for disaster
> before it come to me. And for that I am looking somthing so that I can sync
> OpenLDAP and Kerberos username and password.
>
> Thanks,
>
>   
If you use IP addresses in your kerberos and NTP files, then you're less 
dependent on DNS.

Jason