Informatics has added SPNEGO support to web servers which use the Cosign service. This means that Informatics users using compatible browsers - currently Firefox and Chrome on all platforms and Safari on MacOS to a limited degree (†) - can authenticate to such web services using their existing Kerberos credentials, and without being prompted for their username and password.
macOS comes with kerberos already installed.
There are two ways to authenticate to your DICE account using Kerberos on the Mac - using the command-line Terminal utility, or using the graphical Ticket Viewer. This document describes both.
This document describes how to install and configure Kerberos for Ubuntu.
This page describes steps to get connectivity with DICE AFS on a non-DICE Debian (or derivative, e.g. Ubuntu) system.
This should work for most Debian >=10 and Ubuntu >=18.04 machines. It was last tested with Ubuntu 22.04.
Run the following commands in a terminal. You might be prompted for some of the following:
An important aim of the Informatics computing infrastructure is that you should be able to easily and securely use your data, and make use of computing resources, from outside of the School's internal network. To do this, you need to have certain software packages installed on your home computer. Although there are pages on this site telling you how to install this software, they don't necessarily explain what each piece of software does, why you might need them, and how they interact. This page tries to fill that gap.
| Please note that, instead of following the instructions below, we now STRONGLY RECOMMEND that you use the version of Kerberos which comes as part of the Auristor OpenAFS client and follow the procedure detailed in AFS for Windows to obtain Kerberos credentials and (optionally) AFS tokens. |
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Instructions for installing Kerberos.
Instructions for installing OpenAFS.