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Re: [kitten] Permissible (and imp..) side-effects of GSS_Acquire_cred()

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Thu, 19 March 2015 17:33 UTC

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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:33:06 -0500
From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
To: Simo Sorce <simo@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [kitten] Permissible (and imp..) side-effects of GSS_Acquire_cred()
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 01:04:46PM -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
> Would you consider an explicitly set KRB5CCNAME env variable as an
> indication the admin is ok with acquired credentials ending up there ?
> Ie a) but using KRB5CCNAME presence as an indication a ccache can be
> used ?

That helps, though there can still be non-determinism when the ccache
does not exist yet.  (But if the admin/user set it, why wouldn't they
also kinit -k to remove all doubt?)

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