From 7276a0f7f39efacfc45a27783b3516bdbee29025 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:09:53 +0200 Subject: Mention --principal for KRB4 only, and deprecate. --- NEWS | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 193256a9..ab20cdb0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ removed from a 6.4.0 or newer release.) * The "protocol auto" default inside fetchmail may be removed from a future fetchmail release. Explicit configuration of the protocol is recommended. * Kerberos IV support may be removed from a future fetchmail release. +* The --principal option may be removed from a future fetchmail release. * SIGHUP wakeup support may be removed from a future fetchmail release and cause fetchmail to terminate - it was broken for many years. * Support for operating systems that are not sufficiently POSIX compliant may be @@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ fetchmail-6.3.18 (not yet released): This should fix protocol synchronization issues that cause Authentication failure, particularly with Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 servers, when Kerberos authentication was offered by the server and attempted by fetchmail. +* The manual page clearly states that --principal is for Kerberos 4 only, not + for Kerberos 5 or GSSAPI. Found by Thomas Voigtmann. # CHANGES * When encountering incorrect headers, fetchmail will refer to the bad-header -- cgit v1.2.3