kinit

[Booker C. Bense]

On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Kerry Thompson wrote:

>
> Andreas Hasenack writes:
>  > Em Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 04:44:50PM -0500, Josef Allen escreveu:
>  > > Everytime I try to run kinit I get the following error:
>  > >
>  > > kinit(v5): Client not found in Kerberos database while getting initial
>  > > credentials
>  >
>  > kinit will use your login name + default realm (as defined in /etc/krb5.conf),
>  > unless you ask for a specific principal. Perhaps your login name in this
>  > machine where you are running kinit doesn't match the principal's name you
>  > want in the kerberos database.
>  >
>
> It could also be that the client host doesn't have a
> host/hostname at REALM principal setup in the KDC. Either its missing,
> or the DNS mapping of the IP address doesn't match the principal
> name. Checking the KDC logs should show this up.

- You don't need a host principal to use kinit.

- Booker C. Bense