Bug 4913 - Client autologin with Kerberos requires a superfluous -p/-P argument
Summary: Client autologin with Kerberos requires a superfluous -p/-P argument
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: ThinLinc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Client (show other bugs)
Version: 4.1.0
Hardware: PC Unknown
: P2 Normal
Target Milestone: LowPrio
Assignee: Peter Åstrand
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Reported: 2013-11-25 11:41 CET by Karl Mikaelsson
Modified: 2013-11-29 12:48 CET (History)
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Description Karl Mikaelsson cendio 2013-11-25 11:41:49 CET 
Kerberos authentication only requires a hostname and a username, but the client refuses to autoconnect unless you also give it a meaningless -p/-P flag. 

Autologin with username/password:
 
 tlclient -u username -p password hostname.domain
 tlclient -u username -P some-kind-of-askpass-program hostname.domain

Autologin with kerberos:

 tlclient -u username -p '' hostname.domain
 tlclient -u username -P true hostname.domain

tlclient should know that the username and server is all it needs when configured with Kerberos authentication, and trigger autologin once all required data for authentication is passed, or perhaps we should extend the parameters with a specific --autologin or --autoconnect command to avoid ambiguity about when the client may autologin.
Comment 1 Karl Mikaelsson cendio 2013-11-29 12:48:48 CET 
> or perhaps we should extend the parameters with a specific --autologin
> or --autoconnect command to avoid ambiguity about when the client may
> autologin.

See bug 2576.
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