[krbdev.mit.edu #194] a stash file is not a keytab

[Tom Yu via RT]

"Alexandra Ellwood via RT" <rt-comment at krbdev.mit.edu> writes:

> [tlyu - Tue Jul  1 16:31:32 2008]:
>
>> 
>> I think we can treat ticket #5662 as the stash file byte order
>> independence issue.  As far as I know, keytabs are a single byte
>> order.
>
> Keytabs aren't byte order independent?  So if a sysadmin creates a
> keytab for me on a machine with a different endianness from mine do
> I have to do something to it for it to work?

I meant that as far as I know, keytabs are a single
(platform-independent) byte order, and a brief scan of the source code
agrees.

> Also this bug seems to be specifically about wanting a stash file to
> be a keytab.  Machine independence is listed as just one of the side
> benefits of doing this.

Agreed.