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SLC5/6: Kerberos configuration related changes on 21.03.2013

Description of Service Change: 

Dear Scientific Linux CERN 5 and 6 users.

System update on Thursday, 21st of March 2013 will include following
Kerberos related changes:

- cern-config-keytab will be obsoleted and replaced by cern-get-keytab

- kerberos configuration (/etc/krb5.conf) will be adjusted to point to
  kerberos key distribution center (KDC) for the given network:

   atlasvdc.cern.ch for ATLAS network
   cmsvdc.cern.ch for CMS network
   tndc.cern.ch for TECHNICAL NETWORK

  for GENERAL PURPOSE NETWORK (or systems on a network not belonging
  to any of above three):

   cerndc.cern.ch (this is the current setup)

If you would like to test the change on your system, please run
as root following commands:

# yum --enablerepo=slc*-testing clean all
# yum --enablerepo=slc*-testing install lcm-profile arc cern-get-keytab cern-config-keytab

Jaroslaw Polok for Linux.Support@cern.ch

Service Element Affected: 
Linux Desktop Service
Effective from: 
Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 00:00
Posted by: 
IT-OIS
Unit responsible for resolution: 
IT Department