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Fedora

Steps needed for install and configuration. MIT based kerberos distro. The example is for Fedora version 14 but should apply for newer versions of RHEL and for Solaris as well.

Installation

In Fedora, you need the packages krb5-workstation and openssh-clients. Install these packages with your favorite package manager or by executing (as root):

yum install krb5-workstation openssh-clients

These packages may already be installed. If there are updates available, I'd recommend to update as well. Yum will ask you for it.

Be aware that the MIT kinit shipped with Fedora differs from the Heimdal kinit and that the MIT kerberos library does not have as many features to break out of firewalls as Heimdal's library.

Configuration

Kerberos

To configure Kerberos, edit the file /etc/krb5.conf (as root) according to there instructions.

SSH

OpenSSH can be configured with command line arguments or a configuration file. The options in the configuration file are parsed in order. Create or modify the file ~/.ssh/config (as normal user, not root) according to these instructions.

Get tickets and login

Follow the instructions under the heading "Using your Kerberos tickets to login at PDC" on this page.

How to transfer files

To transfer files to and from PDC there are several methods available. We recommend using an AFS client or scp.

References

You might also want to look at the SSH-instructions created by CSC, from which this page was modelled!