krb5_init_context()

[Chris Hecker]

Here's a thread from a long time ago about this:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.protocols.kerberos/V7T-Q4BBrvc

Chris


------ Original Message ------
From: "Alexandr Nedvedicky" <alexandr.nedvedicky at oracle.com>
To: "Scot McKinley" <scot.mckinley at oracle.com>
Cc: krbdev at mit.edu
Sent: 2020-09-03 00:30:59
Subject: Re: krb5_init_context()

>Hello,
>
>On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 09:08:28PM -0700, Scot McKinley wrote:
>>  Hi Greg, in looking at the header files, and your previous reply, it
>>  appears that krb5_init_secure_context() may be exactly what i want.
>>
>>   > I don't think it will solve this problem, as it simply causes the
>>  context to ignore environment variables.
>>
>>  Yes, i want a "krb5_init_context" that "ignores environment variables",
>>  and thus retrieves its config in some other manner. In this case, it
>>  appears that the "other manner" of retrieving config for
>>  "krb5_init_secure_context" is some configuration files, which is a
>>  problem, since we have our OWN config files.
>>
>>  This is strange. Isn't there a way to "init" a krb5 library context just
>>  by *PASSING* the config directly to the init funciton?!?
>>
>
>     perhaps you want to build your own kerberos library and ship it with
>     your application. The default location of krb5.conf is driven by
>     --sysconfdir autoconf option.  the default krb5.conf location is defined
>     and compile time.
>
>regards
>sasha
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