[NTLUG:Discuss] Kerberos and Linux

[Leroy Tennison]

Decided to look at Kerberos as a network-based authentication system to 
replace local authentication as other technologies such as Samba and 
LDAP can.  I'm getting the impression that this is not possible from the 
pam_krb5 man page and lack of references to setting aside local UID/GID 
ranges for use with Kerberos users (which is what Samba and LDAP do).

Am I correct in this assumption?  If not, how is this done?

I should mention that, right now, this is a "learning exercise" rather 
than a determination to use Kerberos.  As a result, all the "why 
Kerberos" and "why not use ..." questions don't really apply, I'm just 
trying to understand the technology and what it can do.