Re: [Condor-users] Authentication methods in Condor

[Bruce Beckles <mbb10@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Alain Roy wrote:

> >- Remote File System authentication (Linux, but what about Windows?  Does
> >                                      this still exist?; doesn't seem to be
> >                                      mentioned in the manual any more)
> 
> I'm not sure what you are referring to.

I'm referring to what Alan De Smet calls "FS_REMOTE" in the
Administrator Tutorial he gave at Condor Week 2004; see slides 96 and 97
in the PowerPoint presentation at:

	http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/CondorWeek2004/presentations/adesmet_admin_tutorial.ppt

>From Slide 97 of the above presentation:

"> FS_REMOTE works remotely
   * Allows test file to be on NFS, AFS, or other shared file system"



<snip>
> >- When can we expect Kerberos authentication to be supported by Condor for
> >   Windows platforms?
> 
> I'm not sure of the timeline, but I know that someone was recently working 
> on it. I'll see if I can get a time estimate from him later today.

Thanks.

> It would probably show up in Condor 6.7.x, not Condor 6.6, since it will be 
> a new feature.

Understood.

Thanks,

  Bruce

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Bruce Beckles,
e-Science Specialist,
University of Cambridge Computing Service.