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From	Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no>
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Subject	Re: Looking at su versus sudo
Date	Sun, 23 Mar 2014 13:03:49 +0100
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Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> writes:
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> writes:
> > Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> writes:
> > > You can (and should) use a different password for your root
> > > "principle" [...]
> > s/principle/principal/
> That may be me "correcting" to Queen's English from an
> americanism. But I'm not totally sure.

No, principle and principal are entirely different words in both UK and
US English.  The correct word in this context is principal.

> Principal = Head/Director - usually of a school or college.

One of many meanings of that word, yes.

> Principle = First/foremost

No, that's also "principal".  A "principle" is a rule, tenet, precept,
or assumption.

> What does "principle/principal" in terms of kerberos *actually* mean?

A principal in Kerberos is an identity to which a ticket can be granted.
I say identity and not entity because the same entity can have multiple
separate identities for separate purposes, and each will be a separate
principal.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no

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Looking at su versus sudo RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-20 13:18 +0000
  Re: Looking at su versus sudo Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 15:24 +0000
    Re: Looking at su versus sudo RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-20 15:45 +0000
  Re: Looking at su versus sudo Alvaro Martínez <alvaro.gmj@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 23:11 -0300
    Re: Looking at su versus sudo RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-21 09:35 +0000
    Re: Looking at su versus sudo Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-21 18:07 +0000
      Re: Looking at su versus sudo Alvaro Martínez <alvaro.gmj@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 00:23 -0300
  Re: Looking at su versus sudo Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-03-22 10:07 +0000
    Re: Looking at su versus sudo Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-03-22 16:32 +0100
      Re: Looking at su versus sudo Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-03-22 19:18 +0000
        Re: Looking at su versus sudo Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-23 12:34 +0200
          Re: Looking at su versus sudo Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-23 11:34 +0000
        Re: Looking at su versus sudo Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-03-23 13:03 +0100

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