Cannot start the krb5kdc

[Sensei]

On 2005-07-28 15:46:11 -0500, daniel.savard at gmail.com (Daniel Savard) said:

> I am having a problem starting the KDC with MIT-Kerberos 5. The
> problem occured after an upgrade of some software on the server.
> 
> The error message is:
> feynman krb5kdc # /etc/init.d/mit-krb5kdc start
>  * Starting MIT Kerberos 5 KDC ...
> krb5kdc: cannot initialize realm CIDS.CA - see log file for details
>  * Error starting MIT Kerberos 5 KDC                                    
>   [ !! ]
> 
> Then, looking at the log:
> 
> krb5kdc: Invalid argument - while setting database name to
> /etc/krb5kdc/principal for realm CIDS.CA
> 
> 
> I am running a Gentoo/Linux distro on this server.
> 
> Any hints?
> 

Yes, post more info!

Logs, kdc configuration, all you can find. What is 
/etc/krb5kdc/principal? Is the principal database there?

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