[Uaflug] Why no single sign on at UAF?

[Dustin Rice]

I could go on and on about this as some on this list are well aware. I
will preface it with the fact that I am a Linux sys admin for the
University, yes I work for OIT, no I am not a cold, heartless wretch. 

I can say that there are projects in the works to provide
single sign-on, but the implementation is not an easy beast to tackle.
Throw in egos and political reasons and you can guess what's up.

Collective sighs all about.

Also I should note I am not directly involved in any single sign-on
project currently.



Joyce Young wrote:
> So, does anyone here know why we don't have single sign-on (presumably
> via kerberos) for our various user accounts here at UAF? I have sn and
> sx accounts on the various servers that I work on, but have to
> maintain different passwords for every single machines and with 2
> account per machine to track, my head is spinning. Coupled with
> different accounts for banner/oracle and then meeting maker and
> whatever else they toss at me here, I know password management is
> going to be a chore for me.
>
> I am wondering why it is not implemented at UAF. Anyone know why??
>
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