Cannot contact any KDC for the requested realm

robf robf at robf.nl
Sun Nov 30 16:41:41 EST 2003


Noolyg wrote:
> Thanks for the answer, I think you are right about the DNS, but i have
> the REALM entry in the krb5.ini (windows) it looks like that:
> 
> [libdefaults]
> 	default_realm = MYREALM
> 	default_tgs_enctypes = des-cbc-crc
> 	default_tkt_enctypes = des-cbc-crc
> 	forwardable = true
> 	proxiable = true
> [login]
> 	krb4_convert = false
> 	krb4_get_tickets = false
> [realms]
> 	MYREALM = {
> 		admin_server = 172.16.13.110:88
> 		default_domain = sks.kerb
> 		kdc = 172.16.13.110:88
> 	}
> 
> Is there something wrong with it?
> Shold i add this somewhere else?
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> jaltman2 at nyc.rr.com (Jeffrey Altman) wrote in message news:<3FC508B4.9090005 at nyc.rr.com>...
> 
>>You do not have a REALM entry in your krb5.conf file for the realm
>>you are attempting to contact, so DNS is being used.  But the local
>>DNS server does not have the data and must propagate a query.  The
>>network has a long propagation delay and therefore the Kerberos
>>client times out before the response arrives.
>>
>>The second time you attempt the tgt request, the local DNS server
>>has the response cached so the response arrives before the timeout
>>period.
>>
This looks like your dns server has more then name tied to 172.16.13.110:88
 From the same client do a reverse lookup:
dig @<dns server address> -x 172.16.13.110   two time after each other
Does it reveal the same name ??


Rob




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