MIT kerberos and ftpd

[Grant, Martin]

These two systems are identical except remote_host1 doesn't run an
automounter and thus my home directory doesn't exist.  Remote_host2
does.

(SunOS 5.8) local_host1:~ 1> kinit
Password for user1 at MYDOMAIN.COM: 
(SunOS 5.8) local_host1:~ 2> kftp remote_host1
Connected to remote_host1.mydomain.com.
220 remote_host1 FTP server (Version 5.60) ready.
334 Using authentication type GSSAPI; ADAT must follow
GSSAPI accepted as authentication type
GSSAPI authentication succeeded
Name (remote_host1:user1): 
232 GSSAPI user user1 at MYDOMAIN.COM is authorized as user1
^C
No control connection for command: Interrupted system call
No control connection for command: Interrupted system call
ftp> quit
(SunOS 5.8) local_host1:~ 3> kdestroy
(SunOS 5.8) local_host1:~ 4> kftp remote_host1
Connected to remote_host1.mydomain.com.
220 remote_host1 FTP server (Version 5.60) ready.
334 Using authentication type GSSAPI; ADAT must follow
GSSAPI accepted as authentication type
GSSAPI error major: Miscellaneous failure
GSSAPI error minor: No credentials cache found
GSSAPI error: initializing context
GSSAPI authentication failed
Name (remote_host1:user1): 
331 Password required for user1.
Password:
230-No directory! Logging in with home=/
230 User user1 logged in.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
(SunOS 5.8) local_host1:~ 5> 
(SunOS 5.8) local_host1:~ 5> kinit
Password for user1 at MYDOMAIN.COM: 
(SunOS 5.8) local_host1:~ 6> kftp remote_host2
Connected to remote_host2.mydomain.com.
220 remote_host2 FTP server (Version 5.60) ready.
334 Using authentication type GSSAPI; ADAT must follow
GSSAPI accepted as authentication type
GSSAPI authentication succeeded
Name (remote_host2:user1): 
232 GSSAPI user user1 at MYDOMAIN.COM is authorized as user1
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Grant, Martin  
> Sent:	Friday, March 17, 2006 11:23 AM
> To:	'kerberos at mit.edu'
> Subject:	MIT kerberos and ftpd
> 
> ALL,
> 
> 	I seem to be experiencing a problem (tested on 1.4.2 and 1.4.3
> under Solaris) that if I kinit to get a ticket and kftp to a remote
> host where my home directory doesn't exist, kftpd hangs.  If I don't
> have a ticket and the remote kftpd prompts me for my password, it
> doesn't care that my home directory doesn't exist.  Can anyone else
> verify this?
> 
> -Martin Grant