[DOCS-4986] Document that Kerberos usernames must be in all uppercase on Windows Created: 11/Mar/15  Updated: 30/Oct/23  Resolved: 22/May/15

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: manual
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: Server_Docs_20231030

Type: Task Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: David Golub Assignee: Kay Kim (Inactive)
Resolution: Done Votes: 0
Labels: security
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Participants:
Days since reply: 8 years, 38 weeks, 5 days ago

 Description   

When running on Windows with Kerberos, the usernames must have the Kerberos realm specified in all uppercase. If this is not done (e.g. I use Administrator@dgolub.10gen.cc instead of Administrator@DGOLUB.10GEN.CC as my username), the Mongo shell will fail to log on. I spent a decent amount of time trying to figure out why it wasn't working until I eventually found this documented on a third party web site at http://www.knowledgehunter.net/2014/11/mongodb-kerberos-and-windows/. We should really include this in the MongoDB documentation so that users don't have a similar experience.

CC: mark.benvenuto milkie craiggwilson



 Comments   
Comment by Kay Kim (Inactive) [ 22/May/15 ]

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Comment by Githook User [ 22/May/15 ]

Author:

{u'username': u'kay-kim', u'name': u'kay', u'email': u'kay.kim@10gen.com'}

Message: DOCS-4986 highlight the all uppercase statement for kerberos/windows
Branch: master
https://github.com/mongodb/docs/commit/a812e1cf2a43e66b6e3fa1e8418e31579d62e2fd

Comment by Githook User [ 22/May/15 ]

Author:

{u'username': u'kay-kim', u'name': u'kay', u'email': u'kay.kim@10gen.com'}

Message: DOCS-4986 highlight the all uppercase statement for kerberos/windows
Branch: v2.6
https://github.com/mongodb/docs/commit/e1ddcacd808feadd70e5411131ff16e95f540e04

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