Using the Kerberos Instance Manager
SCS Computing Facilities offers an interactive, Web-based tool for managing Kerberos instances. The Instance Manager deals with Kerberos principals and passwords for user instances. The Instance Manager allows users to view current instances, enable and disable them, change passwords, and create new instances.
The Manager's interface offers several options:
- Create new SCS Kerberos instances
- Change SCS Kerberos instance passwords
- Disable SCS Kerberos instances
Access the Manager via the WebISO interface, using your SCS Kerberos ID and password. This procedure authenticates you and issues Kerberos tickets for the current session. The Manager then lists all your known SCS Kerberos instances, both those already created and those that can be created, each on a single row with a short description.
Kerberos Management Tool Instructions
- Management Tool Log in
- Creating a new instance
- Changing your null instance password
- Changing an instance password
- Disabling an instance
Kerberos Instance Management Login
- Type in your SCS kerberos ID and password
- Click the Log in button
- Note: You will see the page below where your SCS ID will replace the bovik ID
Kerberos Instance Creation
- Click on the the Create button of the instance that you would like to create
You will see the screen below
- Enter your desired password and click Create Instance
- You will then see the creation confirmation screen below
Changing your Null Instance Kerberos Password
This interface can be used to your Null Instance.
- Click on the Change Passwordfor bovik button
- Enter your current Kerberos password
- Enter the new password and then re-enter it for verification
- Click the Change Password button
The system will confirm that you have changed the password for the instance
Changing a Kerberos Instance Password
This interface can be used to change passwords only for less-privileged instances such as /mail and /remote, and not for more-privileged instances such as /root.
- Click on the Change Password button
- Enter the new password and then re-enter it for verification
- Click the Change Password button
The system will confirm that you have changed the password for the instance
Disabling and Enabling a Kerberos Instance
If an instance is disabled it is completely disabled and is not accessible until it is re-enabled by the user or the SCS Help Desk. Existing tickets will continue to be valid until those tickets expire. If you no longer use a particular instance or instances you should consider disabling them. If you are not sure if you should disable an instance please contact the SCS Help Desk for assistance.
- Click on the Disable button next to the instance that you want to disable
The system will confirm that you have disabled the instance.
- Click on the Enable button next to the instance that you want to disable.
The system will confirm that you have enabled the instance