From: Dibya Prakash <prakash.dibya@...>
Date: 2005-08-03T11:42:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Kerberos libs?

Hi,
Sounds a good idea.I mite be interested to write something like this.
Could you just elaborate a bit more on exactly what is needed?
For Kerberos you mean the ticket generations and primary and secondary
key authentication.

Thanks
Dibya

On 8/2/05, rcoder <rcoder@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's been such a long time since we had a thread like this on c.l.r.,
> but I just can't help myself (since I really do need this if I'm going
> to use Ruby, rather than Perl, for a rapidly-approaching topic): has
> anyone come across a Ruby extension for Kerberos, similar to the CPAN
> module Authen::Krb5 (and especially Authen::Krb5::Admin)?
> 
> I've done the usual Google and RAA searches, and not found anything,
> but I find it somewhat hard to believe that no one has done any Ruby
> projects that dealt with Kerberos authentication. If indeed there isn't
> a useful library out there, I may eventually get around to writing one
> myself, but I don't think the schedule for this project (needs to be
> finished in the next two weeks) will really allow me the luxury right
> now.
> 
> So, any half-completed or under-documented "pet projects" hiding out
> there? I'd be happy to provide test cases and patches, if so.
> 
> -Lennon
> 
> 
>