On 11/05/2018 02:36 PM, Mantas Mikulėnas wrote: > Sure, that's how the process of obtaining a TGT works in the first > place. You send an AS-REQ packet with proof of password knowledge, you > get an AS-REP with the TGT ticket back. Thank you for confirming that such is possible. > Not sure what part of the 'login' process you're referring to. Vaguely ... /bin/login or the login prompt from SSH (which I /think/ is independent of /bin/login.) >  * Credential verification? That's part of obtaining a TGT. You don't > need a ticket to obtain the TGT – instead you submit proof that you know > the password. > >  * Retrieval of directory information (uid, gid, homedir)? The login > process either uses its own "machine" credentials to do so, or just > retrieves the information anonymously, depending on sysadmin's > preference. (Or in the case of AD it's already stapled to the TGT to > speed everything up.) Thank you for explaining. > Yes, that's exactly what happens. However, probably not for all of the > same reasons as you imagine. ACK -- Grant. . . . unix || die