kadmin: Cannot contact any KDC for requested realm while initializing kadmin interface

[Kevin Coffman]

I would suspect a simple error in the configuration of your local
realm in /etc/krb5.conf, or a DNS issue.

Can you post your /etc/krb5.conf ?

On 10/26/05, yi zeng <bigwhite at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, there,
>  I set up a MIT Kerberos 5 master kdc on a pc in a private domain. I have
> /etc/hosts mapping hostname of the pc to its ip address and /etc/krb5.conf
> pointing kdc to the host name, which i believe correctly set.
>  The problem is that, I can do kadmin.local but I just couldn't do kadmin.
> It always complains:
> kadmin: Cannot contact any KDC for requested realm while initializing kadmin
> interface
>  kinit with no parameters reports the similar error:
> kinit(v5): Cannot contact any KDC for requested realm while getting initial
> credentials
>  but kinit works if I supply a principal from another realm (that realm and
> its kdc is also set in /krb5.conf).
>  I am confused that why kinit and kadmin just couldn't work in local realm?
> Is this a feature or I missed any setting issues?
>  Thank you very much.
>  yizeng