[Klug-general] Passwords

[James Chapman]

I believe this article will do what you require while still remaining secure.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7336?page=0,0

Doesn't quite meet b) 100% but close enough?
I personally wouldn't want my laptop users walking around with cached passwords from the network.

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James




At Monday, 05/09/2011 on 8:24 Peter Childs wrote:
> I'm looking for a method to store passwords, that is
> 
> a> Shared between multiple systems ie Kerbros so passwords on all the
> machine on the lan are the same and kept the same.
> b> Stored Local ie Shadow passwords so it works when the central database is
> down aka the KDC, and either locked till the central repository is back
> or resynchronised.
> 
> I'm thinking of some kind of Distributed password database but I can't think
> of a simple method of implementing this.
> 
> Any ideas, I can't think of anything that fits the bill.
> 
> Peter.