Principal naming

Jeff Blaine jblaine at kickflop.net
Fri Jan 18 12:25:54 EST 2013


Can anyone explain away the reasoning behind the decision
to make user principals need the form:

     specific_part/contextual_part

     e.g. jennifer/admin

and service principals the OPPOSITE - of the form

     contextual_part/specific_part

     e.g. host/daffodil.mit.edu

What happened? Who knows the history and reason for this?


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