[krbdev.mit.edu #5595] Problems with kpasswd and an IPv6 enviroment

[Public Submitter via RT]

I can confirm at least the symptoms.

I had been receiving this error despite everything appearing correct in 
my system setup:

[jamie at janeiro ~]$ kpasswd 
Password for jamie at example.com 
Enter new password: 
Enter it again: 
Server error: Failed decrypting request 
[jamie at janeiro ~]$ 

(I was trying this on the host that provides the kerberos service)

Removing the line:

::1    janeiro.example.com janeiro

from /etc/hosts solved my problem and now both kpasswd and passwd 
changed passwords successfully.

This is on Fedora Core 7 with the krb packages:


-bash-3.2$ yum list '*krb*'
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Installed Packages
krb5-auth-dialog.i386                    0.7-2                  
installed
krb5-devel.i386                          1.6.1-4.fc7            
installed
krb5-libs.i386                           1.6.1-4.fc7            
installed
krb5-server.i386                         1.6.1-4.fc7            
installed
krb5-workstation.i386                    1.6.1-4.fc7            
installed
krbafs.i386                              1.2.2-10.1             
installed
krbafs-devel.i386                        1.2.2-10.1             
installed
pam_krb5.i386                            2.2.11-1               
installed