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System Administration Guide: Security Services     Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library
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Preface

Part I Security Overview

1.  Security Services (Overview)

Part II System, File, and Device Security

2.  Managing Machine Security (Overview)

3.  Controlling Access to Systems (Tasks)

4.  Controlling Access to Devices (Tasks)

5.  Using the Basic Audit Reporting Tool (Tasks)

6.  Controlling Access to Files (Tasks)

7.  Using the Automated Security Enhancement Tool (Tasks)

Part III Roles, Rights Profiles, and Privileges

8.  Using Roles and Privileges (Overview)

9.  Using Role-Based Access Control (Tasks)

10.  Role-Based Access Control (Reference)

11.  Privileges (Tasks)

12.  Privileges (Reference)

Part IV Cryptographic Services

13.  Oracle Solaris Cryptographic Framework (Overview)

14.  Oracle Solaris Cryptographic Framework (Tasks)

15.  Oracle Solaris Key Management Framework

Part V Authentication Services and Secure Communication

16.  Using Authentication Services (Tasks)

17.  Using PAM

18.  Using SASL

19.  Using Oracle Solaris Secure Shell (Tasks)

20.  Oracle Solaris Secure Shell (Reference)

Part VI Kerberos Service

21.  Introduction to the Kerberos Service

22.  Planning for the Kerberos Service

Why Plan for Kerberos Deployments?

Planning Kerberos Realms

Realm Names

Number of Realms

Realm Hierarchy

Mapping Host Names Onto Realms

Client and Service Principal Names

Ports for the KDC and Admin Services

The Number of Slave KDCs

Mapping GSS Credentials to UNIX Credentials

Automatic User Migration to a Kerberos Realm

Which Database Propagation System to Use

Clock Synchronization Within a Realm

Client Configuration Options

Improving Client Login Security

KDC Configuration Options

Kerberos Encryption Types

Online Help URL in the Graphical Kerberos Administration Tool

23.  Configuring the Kerberos Service (Tasks)

24.  Kerberos Error Messages and Troubleshooting

25.  Administering Kerberos Principals and Policies (Tasks)

26.  Using Kerberos Applications (Tasks)

27.  The Kerberos Service (Reference)

Part VII Oracle Solaris Auditing

28.  Oracle Solaris Auditing (Overview)

29.  Planning for Oracle Solaris Auditing

30.  Managing Oracle Solaris Auditing (Tasks)

31.  Oracle Solaris Auditing (Reference)

Glossary

Index

Mapping GSS Credentials to UNIX Credentials

The Kerberos service provides a default mapping of GSS credential names to UNIX user IDs (UIDs) for GSS applications that require this mapping, such as NFS. GSS credential names are equivalent to Kerberos principal names when using the Kerberos service. The default mapping algorithm is to take a one component Kerberos principal name and use that component, which is the primary name of the principal, to look up the UID. The look up occurs in the default realm or any realm that is allowed by using the auth_to_local_realm parameter in /etc/krb5/krb5.conf. For example, the user principal name bob@EXAMPLE.COM is mapped to the UID of the UNIX user named bob using the password table. The user principal name bob/admin@EXAMPLE.COM would not be mapped, because the principal name includes an instance component of admin. If the default mappings for the user credentials are sufficient, the GSS credential table does not need to be populated. In past releases, populating the GSS credential table was required to get the NFS service to work. If the default mapping is not sufficient, for example if you want to map a principal name which contains an instance component, then other methods should be used. For more information see: