On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 10:26, Chris Ricker wrote:
I'm well aware of how it works. I'm also aware that it
doesn't solve the
problem of wanting to work disconnected. Kerberos ticket caching still
requires initial connectivity. It also does nothing for LDAP, NIS, etc.
You'd need a totally new ad-hoc caching mechanism above and beyond the krb
ticket cache, and I don't think it would turn out to be something any sane
organization would want.... Local accounts, OTOH, are an access control
mechanism that is at least well-understood, which is why our standard is to
fall back to them if distributed is unavailable.
What does Windows do for laptops?
Havoc