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What if I don't have a Kerberos username?
The Touchstone@MIT login is to be used by MIT users that do have a Kerberos username. If you are an MIT user but do not have a username an MIT Kerberos username then you need to register for an Athena user account. If you are not eligible to register for a username, you can click on the "I don't want to logon" link on the MIT Web Login page. That link may take you to a "public" version or page of the web site. If it doesn't, then the web service you are requesting may not be available to the public Creating and Using Your MIT Kerberos Identity has much more information establishing your Kerberos identity at MIT and the system where you may use it.
Many of the MIT Touchstone applications in use today also have a local account management system so that they may be used by people that do not have an MIT Kerberos username. Those users should not use the Touchstone@MIT login page. Instead the Touchstone enabled application that you are attempting to use should have an alternative login page for your use. Please go back to that application and read the login choices presented to you more carefully.
MIT Touchstone enabled applications also support federated authentication with a limited number of partners using Shibboleth. Today we share metadata with ProtectNetwork, so the Touchstone enabled application that you are attempting to use may also support authenticating via ProtectNetwork's login server.
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