I know it will probably be a little more complex than that but I think it logically should be one of the steps. although it doesn't explain how "cn=Directory Manager" works but it makes a lot of sense when you see the 401 error from the login attempt it comes from the directory specified by " <Location /admin-serv/authenticate> SetHandler user-auth AuthUserFile /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv/admpw AuthType basic AuthName "Admin Server" Require valid-user Order allow,deny Allow from all </Location> " in /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv/admserv.conf On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Rich Megginson <rmeggins@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/11/2015 11:54 AM, Paul Robert Marino wrote: >> >> Hey every one >> I have a question I know at least once in the past i setup the admin >> console so it could utilize Kerberos passwords based on a howto I >> found once which after I changed jobs I could never find again. >> >> today I was looking for something else and I saw a mention on the site >> about httpd needing to be compiled with http auth support. >> well I did a little digging and I found this file >> /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv/admserv.conf >> >> in that file I found a lot of entries that look like this >> " >> <LocationMatch /*/[tT]asks/[Cc]onfiguration/*> >> AuthUserFile /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv/admpw >> AuthType basic >> AuthName "Admin Server" >> Require valid-user >> AdminSDK on >> ADMCgiBinDir /usr/lib64/dirsrv/cgi-bin >> NESCompatEnv on >> Options +ExecCGI >> Order allow,deny >> Allow from all >> </LocationMatch> >> >> " >> when I checked /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv/admpw sure enough I found the >> Password hash for the admin user. >> >> So my question is before I wast time experimenting could it possibly >> be as simple as changing the auth type to kerberos >> http://modauthkerb.sourceforge.net/configure.html > > > I don't know. I don't think anyone has ever tried it. > >> keep in mind my Kerberos Servers do not use LDAP as the backend. >> -- >> 389 users mailing list >> 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users > > > -- > 389 users mailing list > 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users