[krbdev.mit.edu #6789] Re: document preferred_preauth_types

[Nicolas Williams via RT]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 08:49:49AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote:
> In a discussion on krbdev, Nico told Russ that krb5.conf could force
> preauth.
> Russ said he was unaware of that option; Nico thought he must have been
> mistaken.
> However, Quoting get_in_tkt.c:
> 
>     ret = krb5int_libdefault_string(context, realm,
>     KRB5_CONF_PREFERRED_PREAUTH\
>     _TYPES,
>                                         &preauth_types);

Reading the code I got the impression that this ony works when the KDC
requires pre-auth.

> This option should be documented.

It should be, yes.

Nico
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