kinit problem

scotty adams scotty.adams at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 4 00:39:20 EST 2007


hi Jeffrey,

 Thanks for your reply i will go over the doc but i got one question.
Why am i getting the following error prompt?
kinit: Cannot contact any KDC for requested realm while getting
 initial credentials

 I never faced such an error before formatting the machine

 Can you please give me some clues?

 Thanks.
> Scotty


Jeffrey Altman <jaltman at secure-endpoints.com> wrote: scotty adams wrote:
> Hi Christopher,
>
> I am following some white papers that i found on the net to set kerberos. I used the following command to create the database:
>
>
> /usr/sbin/kdb5_util create -r SCOTTY.COM -s
>
> yet i cant see the cache file.. moreover the rest of the white papers arent
> leading me to any correct solutions.
>
> I need to enable kerberos 5 on my solaris machine.
> Pls advise me how to proceed.
>
> Many thanks,
> Scotty
>
I suggest you read the installation guide, user guide, and admin guide
from the distribution:

  http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.6/#documentation

What the kdb5_util create command does is create a Kerberos Database for
the purpose of establishing a new Kerberos realm   This database is the
back-end for the Key Distribution Center.  This is the Kerberos service
that authenticates users and issues tickets for accessing services.  

A credential cache is not located on the KDC.  A credential cache is
located on the client machine and is created only after a user performs
an initial authentication against the KDC and receives back a Ticket
Granting Ticket.

Jeffrey Altman
Secure Endpoints Inc.





 
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