[freetds] server realm configuration for ODBC

James K. Lowden jklowden at freetds.org
Wed Feb 29 19:28:34 EST 2012


Hi Mike, 

> There is interest in adapting Java/JDBC to use FreeTDS' ODBC driver.

No objection here, of course, but would you mind explaining why?  I
would have thought all-java would be preferred.  

> How can the FreeTDS ODBC driver include the realm so that Kerberos
> authentication between realms with transitive trust will work using
> FreeTDS' ODBC driver?

In case it helps, tsql, bsqldb, and bsqlodbc all work just fine with
Kerberos.  I used bsqldb routinely that way until recently.  

But I might be missing something.  AIUI transitive trust is a property
of the ticket, not the connection.  Do those utilities not work in your
environment and, if so, is it a matter of how they use the API, or of
how your environment is set up?  

--jkl


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