krb5 DAL (database abstraction layer) and related changes

Ken Raeburn raeburn at MIT.EDU
Thu Jul 7 22:39:14 EDT 2005


On Jul 7, 2005, at 16:13, Sam Hartman wrote:
>>>>>> "Ken" == Ken Raeburn <raeburn at MIT.EDU> writes:
>     Ken> In the current implementation, all the database module
>     Ken> configuration information is looked up in the main krb5.conf,
>     Ken> not in the KDC's own config file kdc.conf.  I'll see if I can
>     Ken> fix this; it may require some interface changes.
>
> Let's check this against the design docs.  Long term we've been
> wanting to move to the heimdal model where krb5.conf and kdc.conf are
> both profiles just kdc.oconf is only read by the kdc.  I don't
> remember whether we committed to that in the design document.

The design doc I have in email from October specifically says kdc.conf. 
  I'm also poking through some of the email from March, but this doesn't 
seem to have been questioned at all.

Ken



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