From 40c7475efddd59f7c986f32c1508452b9bf6706d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amrita <amrita.sakthivel@suse.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:38:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] adds a note

---
 xml/security_kerberos.xml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xml/security_kerberos.xml b/xml/security_kerberos.xml
index e32f00c9b8..64d9060832 100644
--- a/xml/security_kerberos.xml
+++ b/xml/security_kerberos.xml
@@ -2042,6 +2042,11 @@ The trace log captures the process details.
                 </variablelist>
        </step>
    </procedure>
+   <note><para>Machine accounts are subject to the same &krb; authentication as user accounts.
+    During &krb; authentication, clients that run local processes using the <literal>system</literal>
+account, assign these processes to the machine account when accessing remote resources. The machine account
+is associated to the computer name registered with the domain controller and is distinct with a <literal>$</literal>
+sign.</para></note>
     </sect1>
  <sect1 xml:id="sec-security-kerberos-nfs">
   <title>&krb; and NFS</title>