-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 19-Sep-2002/09:42 +0800, Edward Dekkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [about domain authentication] > >I have no idea what's going to happen if the PDC is down and I'm not game >to try it at the moment, as my normal Edward Dekkers login has already >stopped working, but I'm sure I'll figure that one out as well.
WinNT/2000 boxes will cache a successful authentication. If the PDC is not available at the next login, the authentication is checked against the local cache. If it matches you can still login. I don't know how long the cache is kept by default, but it is good for multiple logins. Of course PDC-based login scripts won't run. I expect that XP has the same feature. <sidebar> When I have Linux/PAM authenticate against a Windows domain, I often use a local Windows workstation instead of the actual PDC if the PDC is unreliable. The workstation will cache successful PDC responses and use the cache to respond to Linux authentication requests if the PDC is not available. </sidebar> Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]%3E> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 0x6C94239D iD8DBQE9iVJ8pCpg3WyUI50RAtG4AJ0Wn+T92q/fvKgoojsBQJDorZMIygCcCNzC K1YvaAoLdlxY5Yc0gwB0IlI= =YbU6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
