SUMMARY: user authentication

From: Dotty Pon (dotty@hobbes.tgivan.wimsey.bc.ca)
Date: Mon Oct 24 1994 - 18:58:13 CDT


Thanks for all your responses.

We've decided to use Kerberos for user authentication and authorization.

Dotty
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 Dotty Pon, Software Engineer + TGI Technologies Ltd.
 for Enroute Exchange + Voice: (604) 872-6676
 Vancouver Freenet Sys. Admin. + Fax: (604) 872-6604/6601
 dpon@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca + Email: dotty@tgivan.wimsey.bc.ca
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Original posting:

>
>
>Hi y'all,
>
>We have a WinSock client talking to a UNIX server and we'd like
>to authenticate the Windows user. Under SunOS 4.X, there is a function
>called pwdauth(3) but I can't find an equivalent for Solaris 2.X.
>
>Is there a command we can use instead of a function call?
>I've checked the man pages for passwd, nispasswd, etc and I
>can't find what I want.
>
>Thanks for helping!
>
>Dotty
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> Dotty Pon, Software Engineer + TGI Technologies Ltd.
> for Enroute Exchange + Voice: (604) 872-6676
> Vancouver Freenet Sys. Admin. + Fax: (604) 872-6604/6601
> dpon@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca + Email: dotty@tgivan.wimsey.bc.ca
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