This article tries to supplement the nginx documentations
regarding the auth_request module
and how to configure it. In my opinion, that documentation
is a bit incomplete.
What is the nginx's auth_request module
The documentation for this module says, it implements client
authorization based on the result of a subrequest.
This …
This article goes over how to implement Single-Sign-On
on Linux. It goes over the integration around
the Kerberos service and the applications, like for example
FireFox.
Pre-requisites
- Kerberos Domain Controller (KDC)
- User accounts in the KDC
- KDC based logins
To make sure that this is working, login to your workstation …
Some useful tidbits to use when using the OpenWRT embedded web
server (uHTTPD).
Embedded Lua
uHTTPd supports running Lua in-process, which can speed up Lua CGI
scripts. It is unclear whether LuCI supports running in this embedded
interpreter. LuCI seems to work fine (if not better) with the embedded
Lua …
Kerberos is a network authentication protocol which works on the basis
of "tickets" to allow nodes communicating over a non-secure network to
prove their identity to one another in a secure manner. (Source
Kerberos_(protocol) )
Backups
Create backup:
kdb5_util dump _dump_file_
Restore from dump file:
kdb5_util load _dump_file_
Master/Slave …
This article is about integrating OpenSSH in a kerberos environment.
Allthough OpenSSH can provide passwordless logins (through Public/Private
keys), it is not a true SSO set-up. This article makes use of
Kerberos TGT service to implement a true SSO configuration for OpenSSH.
Pre-requisites
First off, you'll need to make …
A collection of small useful recipes for using with Git
.
Rewriting history
Rolling back the last commit
if nobody has pulled your remote repo yet, you can change your branch HEAD and force push it to said remote repo:
git reset --hard HEAD^
git push -f
Restoring changes
So in …