From ecc93009c2b75d9ced6534f8a7b553aa1523aa56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Love=20H=C3=B6rnquist=20=C3=85strand?= Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 16:41:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] more text about usage git-svn-id: svn://svn.h5l.se/heimdal/trunk/heimdal@15071 ec53bebd-3082-4978-b11e-865c3cabbd6b --- kcm/kcm.8 | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/kcm/kcm.8 b/kcm/kcm.8 index 37e97f917..72ee40819 100644 --- a/kcm/kcm.8 +++ b/kcm/kcm.8 @@ -99,6 +99,21 @@ stanza [libdefaults]default_cc_name to KCM:${uid} and make sure .Nm kcm is started in the system startup files. .Pp +The +.Nm +daemon can hold the credentials for all users in the system. Access +control is done with Unix like permissions. The daemon check the +access on all operations based on the uid and gid of the user. The +ticket are are are renewed as long as it permitted by the KDC's +policy. +.Pp +The +.Nm +daemon can also keep an SYSTEM credential that server processes can +use to access services. One example of usage might be an nss_ldap +module that quickly needs to get credential and doesn't want to renew +the ticket themself. +.Pp Supported options: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Xo