Linux Single Sign-on
Yesterday Eric was ranting about MS Windows versus Linux issues. One of the points that he countered was:
“Linux is not ready for mission-critical computing. There are fundamental things missing. For example, there is no single development environment for Linux as there is for Microsoft, neither is there a single sign-on system.†from Linux security is a ‘myth’, claims MicrosoftI think that it is possible that people don’t understand what single sign-on means.
“Uh, I’m pretty sure (LDAP + PAM + NSS) != single sign on. However, (Kerberos + LDAP + PAM + NSS) == single sign on. LDAP in no way prevents you from needing to supply your password to the mail server or to the news server or to the LDAP server, for that matter. Kerberos does.
Maybe your definition of “single sign on” is different. By “single sign on” I (and others, I’m sure) don’t mean “centralized password database that all services use”. We mean “type your password only once and never again”.
Subject: Re: Since Fedora is not aimed at enterpise/business
What are the definitions of a single sign-on solution for the enterprise?