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Add internal API support for Kerberos authentication in gitlab-sshd

Marin Hannache requested to merge mareo/gitlab:add-support-for-kerberos-in-gitlab-sshd into master

What does this MR do and why?

This MR add internal API support for authenticating request from gitlab-sshd with a Kerberos principal in addition to the other available fields (username and key_id)

In conjunction with gitlab-shell!682 (merged), it allows one to clone git repositories over SSH with a Kerberos ticket instead of an SSH key.

Related to gitlab-shell#196 (closed)

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How to set up and validate locally

  1. Follow the instructions in gitlab-shell!682 (merged)
  2. Try to clone a repository

MR acceptance checklist

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Edited by Drew Blessing

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