[krbdev.mit.edu #7313] Principal parsing bug

[Richard Basch via RT]

I don't know where the bug is yet, but it appears:
                kinit test
and
                kinit 'te\st'
both work (tested on a Linux system)

Yet:
                kinit '\t\e\s\t'
does not work.  Only the version of the principal without a backslash was defined.

Backslash interpretation seems to have inconsistent processing within the Kerberos kinit client/library.

On the flip-side, I was able to create a principal with a backslash and only be able to authenticate using that principal with the correct positioning of the backslash.

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