HP CIFS Client A.02.02 Administrator's Guide

CIFS Security and Authentication

Using Kerberos with the HP CIFS Client

Chapter 348

Using Kerberos with the HP CIFS Client

These procedures should be followed to use Kerberos with the HP CIFS

Client:

Step 1. Review fundamental Kerberos operating principals

Step 2. Set up and verify the Kerberos infrastructure

Step 3. Conﬁgure Kerberos in the HP CIFS Client

Step 1. Review fundamental Kerberos Operating

Principals

If you are not familiar with the fundamental features and operation of

Kerberos, consult one or more of the following references.

These HP-UX resources explain the essentials of Kerberos (in the

respective Overview chapters in each manual). This level of detail may be

sufﬁcient for most installations.

• Conﬁguration Guide for Kerberos Client Products on HP-UX:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/T1417-90005/T1417-90005.ht

• Installing, Conﬁguring and Administering the Kerberos Server on

HP-UX 11i:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/T1417-90001/T1417-90001.ht

• Installing, Conﬁguring and Administering the Kerberos Server V 2.0

on HP-UX 11i:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/T1417-90003/T1417-90003.ht

Other HP-UX resources can be found by searching for kerberos at

http://docs.hp.com

In-depth discussion of the Kerberos protocol can be found in the

following excellent documentation:

• Kerberos: An Authentication Service for Computer Networks, B.

Clifford Neuman and Theodore Ts’o: