Memory Leak problems with krb5_get_init_creds_password?

[Ken Raeburn]

On Aug 18, 2005, at 17:49, brian.joh at comcast.net wrote:
> I know you weren't trying to write any production code or
> anything.  I was just pointing out, that if the memory leak
> is moved to krb5_init_context(), then the problem is solved
> for realistic cases.  And I was just trying to say it wouldn't
> fix the problem in your test program and that your leak
> test would still leak.

We've run into other cases where a krb5_context is needed but other  
APIs make it difficult for one to be made available.  So there's code  
out there that allocates many short-lived krb5_context structures,  
often without using them for actual network stuff.