Re: Authentication in fedpkg

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On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 3:46 PM Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 7/31/19 12:16 PM, Björn Persson wrote:
> > Fabio Valentini wrote:
> >> You can add your "kerberos account" to GNOME online accounts once, and
> >> it will automatically renew tickets for you.
> >> This way you'll never have to type your FAS password (or run kinit)
> >> for this again.
> >
> > First, I don't use Gnome 3 because a software engineer's workstation has
> > other needs than a hand-held Facebook terminal.
>
> Did you really have to include this? A simple 'I'm sorry, I don't use
> Gnome' would have been fine...
> >
> > Second, As I understand what I've been told about Gnome Online Accounts,
> > it would keep me constantly logged in to Fedora servers as long as I'm
> > logged in to my workstation. That's appropriate for a corporate network
> > or a university campus, which I suppose is what Kerberos is designed
> > for. It's not appropriate for a project that I sometimes contribute to
> > when I have time and when something needs doing.
> >
> > Fedora needs an authentication method that authenticates on demand, not
> > proactively, using a keyring that isn't tied to a single desktop.
>
> Things are moving (all be it slowly) toward OIDC.
>

Are we talking about OIDC like how Bodhi does it or like how fedpkg
https auth does it?

Because the latter is pretty difficult to use when you're in a server
environment. :(

> Sorry they are all over the place right now...
>

We'll eventually get there...



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