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diff --git a/doc/html/user/user_config/k5login.html b/doc/html/user/user_config/k5login.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4f75af623724 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/html/user/user_config/k5login.html @@ -0,0 +1,193 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> + + +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> + <head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> + + <title>.k5login — MIT Kerberos Documentation</title> + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/agogo.css" type="text/css" /> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" /> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/kerb.css" type="text/css" /> + + <script type="text/javascript"> + var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = { + URL_ROOT: '../../', + VERSION: '1.15.1', + COLLAPSE_INDEX: false, + FILE_SUFFIX: '.html', + HAS_SOURCE: true + }; + </script> + <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/jquery.js"></script> + <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/underscore.js"></script> + <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/doctools.js"></script> + <link rel="author" title="About these documents" href="../../about.html" /> + <link rel="copyright" title="Copyright" href="../../copyright.html" /> + <link rel="top" title="MIT Kerberos Documentation" href="../../index.html" /> + <link rel="up" title="User config files" href="index.html" /> + <link rel="next" title=".k5identity" href="k5identity.html" /> + <link rel="prev" title="User config files" href="index.html" /> + </head> + <body> + <div class="header-wrapper"> + <div class="header"> + + + <h1><a href="../../index.html">MIT Kerberos Documentation</a></h1> + + <div class="rel"> + + <a href="../../index.html" title="Full Table of Contents" + accesskey="C">Contents</a> | + <a href="index.html" title="User config files" + accesskey="P">previous</a> | + <a href="k5identity.html" title=".k5identity" + accesskey="N">next</a> | + <a href="../../genindex.html" title="General Index" + accesskey="I">index</a> | + <a href="../../search.html" title="Enter search criteria" + accesskey="S">Search</a> | + <a href="mailto:krb5-bugs@mit.edu?subject=Documentation__.k5login">feedback</a> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="content-wrapper"> + <div class="content"> + <div class="document"> + + <div class="documentwrapper"> + <div class="bodywrapper"> + <div class="body"> + + <div class="section" id="k5login"> +<span id="k5login-5"></span><h1>.k5login<a class="headerlink" href="#k5login" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> +<div class="section" id="description"> +<h2>DESCRIPTION<a class="headerlink" href="#description" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> +<p>The .k5login file, which resides in a user’s home directory, contains +a list of the Kerberos principals. Anyone with valid tickets for a +principal in the file is allowed host access with the UID of the user +in whose home directory the file resides. One common use is to place +a .k5login file in root’s home directory, thereby granting system +administrators remote root access to the host via Kerberos.</p> +</div> +<div class="section" id="examples"> +<h2>EXAMPLES<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> +<p>Suppose the user <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">alice</span></tt> had a .k5login file in her home directory +containing just the following line:</p> +<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>bob@FOOBAR.ORG +</pre></div> +</div> +<p>This would allow <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bob</span></tt> to use Kerberos network applications, such as +ssh(1), to access <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">alice</span></tt>‘s account, using <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bob</span></tt>‘s Kerberos +tickets. In a default configuration (with <strong>k5login_authoritative</strong> set +to true in <a class="reference internal" href="../../admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.html#krb5-conf-5"><em>krb5.conf</em></a>), this .k5login file would not let +<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">alice</span></tt> use those network applications to access her account, since +she is not listed! With no .k5login file, or with <strong>k5login_authoritative</strong> +set to false, a default rule would permit the principal <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">alice</span></tt> in the +machine’s default realm to access the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">alice</span></tt> account.</p> +<p>Let us further suppose that <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">alice</span></tt> is a system administrator. +Alice and the other system administrators would have their principals +in root’s .k5login file on each host:</p> +<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>alice@BLEEP.COM + +joeadmin/root@BLEEP.COM +</pre></div> +</div> +<p>This would allow either system administrator to log in to these hosts +using their Kerberos tickets instead of having to type the root +password. Note that because <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bob</span></tt> retains the Kerberos tickets for +his own principal, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bob@FOOBAR.ORG</span></tt>, he would not have any of the +privileges that require <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">alice</span></tt>‘s tickets, such as root access to +any of the site’s hosts, or the ability to change <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">alice</span></tt>‘s +password.</p> +</div> +<div class="section" id="see-also"> +<h2>SEE ALSO<a class="headerlink" href="#see-also" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> +<p>kerberos(1)</p> +</div> +</div> + + + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + <div class="sidebar"> + <h2>On this page</h2> + <ul> +<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">.k5login</a><ul> +<li><a class="reference internal" href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li> +<li><a class="reference internal" href="#examples">EXAMPLES</a></li> +<li><a class="reference internal" href="#see-also">SEE ALSO</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +</ul> + + <br/> + <h2>Table of contents</h2> + <ul class="current"> +<li class="toctree-l1 current"><a class="reference internal" href="../index.html">For users</a><ul class="current"> +<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../pwd_mgmt.html">Password management</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../tkt_mgmt.html">Ticket management</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l2 current"><a class="reference internal" href="index.html">User config files</a><ul class="current"> +<li class="toctree-l3 current"><a class="current reference internal" href="">.k5login</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="k5identity.html">.k5identity</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../user_commands/index.html">User commands</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../admin/index.html">For administrators</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../appdev/index.html">For application developers</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../plugindev/index.html">For plugin module developers</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../build/index.html">Building Kerberos V5</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../basic/index.html">Kerberos V5 concepts</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../formats/index.html">Protocols and file formats</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../mitK5features.html">MIT Kerberos features</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../build_this.html">How to build this documentation from the source</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../about.html">Contributing to the MIT Kerberos Documentation</a></li> +<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../resources.html">Resources</a></li> +</ul> + + <br/> + <h4><a href="../../index.html">Full Table of Contents</a></h4> + <h4>Search</h4> + <form class="search" action="../../search.html" method="get"> + <input type="text" name="q" size="18" /> + <input type="submit" value="Go" /> + <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> + <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> + </form> + </div> + <div class="clearer"></div> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="footer-wrapper"> + <div class="footer" > + <div class="right" ><i>Release: 1.15.1</i><br /> + © <a href="../../copyright.html">Copyright</a> 1985-2017, MIT. + </div> + <div class="left"> + + <a href="../../index.html" title="Full Table of Contents" + >Contents</a> | + <a href="index.html" title="User config files" + >previous</a> | + <a href="k5identity.html" title=".k5identity" + >next</a> | + <a href="../../genindex.html" title="General Index" + >index</a> | + <a href="../../search.html" title="Enter search criteria" + >Search</a> | + <a href="mailto:krb5-bugs@mit.edu?subject=Documentation__.k5login">feedback</a> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + </body> +</html>
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