Error accessing kadmin

[Wyllys Ingersoll]

On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 10:00, Tyson Oswald wrote:
> I am hoping someone can help me with this.
> 
> I installed Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism on Solaris 8 and
> configured it based on the install procedure. I have the kdc and
> kdc.master daemons running. When I enter
> kadmin -p kws/admin 
> 
> I get Database Error! Requried KADM5 principal missing while
> initialing kadmin interface.

When you run kadmin.local and list the principals in your
database (getprincs), does kws/admin appear?

"kws/admin" was given in the documentation as an EXAMPLE,
its not automatically put in the DB. The reader is supposed
to create an admin principal for themselves.

Example - if your normal user principal is "tyson",
you should create a principal called "tyson/admin" for administrative
duties.

-Wyllys


> 
> I am vrey baffeled by this error. I see very few references to it on
> groups.google.com or even docs.sun.com.  The only ones I find give no
> information on what the problem is or how to resolve it.  I am hoping
> someone here can shed some light on this problem.
> 
> At first I thought it had something to do the kadm5.acl, but those
> acconnts exist in my keytab.  One thing to note, my krb5.conf got
> destroyed so I created a new one, which actually solved some other
> issues I was having.
> 
> btw, kadmin.local works fine.
> 
> any help would be appreciated.
> 
> thank you,
> 
> Tyson Owald
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