kadmin question

Huub "v.niekerk at hccnet.nl" at ra.nrl.navy.mil
Thu Dec 15 03:13:38 EST 2005


Dieter Schicker wrote:
> Huub wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm setting up a kerberos/heimdal server and according to the steps 
>> I'm following I have to do this:
>>
>>  kadmin -p alice/admin
>>  kadmin> add --random-key host/hostname.example.com
>>  kadmin> ext keytab -k /tmp/krb5.keytab-hostname
>>  host/hostname.example.com
>>
>> My question is this: do I have to type host/ just like that or do I 
>> have to fill in something? 
> 
> 
> Yes, just like that. In this way you create a host service principal.
> 

Now something odd(?): when I (re)boot the system, which is supposed to 
be the KDC server, it says it can't find the KDC server. This might be 
related to the failure of finding a KDC server when adding a principle. 
Any idea what (I) might (be doing)  wrong?


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