Kerberos 5 config on a Debian box.

[J D Cassidy]

Hello all,

I am trying to set up a minimal Kerberos configuration on a Debian 64-bit,
Kernel 2.6.23 Intel box. When I run the usual apt-get commands (apt-get
install krb5-{admin-server,kdc}), I am seeing the following error(s):

Unpacking krb5-kdc (from .../krb5-kdc_1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package krb5-admin-server.
Unpacking krb5-admin-server (from
.../krb5-admin-server_1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up krb5-kdc (1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4) ...
Setting up krb5-admin-server (1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4) ...
kadmind: Improper format of Kerberos configuration file while initializing
context, aborting
Europa:~# uname -ars
Linux Europa 2.6.23.14 #3 SMP Sat Feb 9 15:40:09 CET 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

At this stage, I have NOT changed / edited the config file - etc/krb5.conf.

Stock config file below:

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[libdefaults]
	default_realm = ATHENA.MIT.EDU

# The following krb5.conf variables are only for MIT Kerberos.
	krb4_config = /etc/krb.conf
	krb4_realms = /etc/krb.realms
	kdc_timesync = 1
	ccache_type = 4
	forwardable = true
	proxiable = true

# The following encryption type specification will be used by MIT Kerberos
# if uncommented.  In general, the defaults in the MIT Kerberos code are
# correct and overriding these specifications only serves to disable new
# encryption types as they are added, creating interoperability problems.

#	default_tgs_enctypes = aes256-cts arcfour-hmac-md5 des3-hmac-sha1
des-cbc-crc des-cbc-md5
#	default_tkt_enctypes = aes256-cts arcfour-hmac-md5 des3-hmac-sha1
des-cbc-crc des-cbc-md5
#	permitted_enctypes = aes256-cts arcfour-hmac-md5 des3-hmac-sha1
des-cbc-crc des-cbc-md5

# The following libdefaults parameters are only for Heimdal Kerberos.
	v4_instance_resolve = false
	v4_name_convert = {
		host = {
			rcmd = host
			ftp = ftp
		}
		plain = {
			something = something-else
		}
	}
	fcc-mit-ticketflags = true

[realms]
	ATHENA.MIT.EDU = {
		kdc = kerberos.mit.edu:88
		kdc = kerberos-1.mit.edu:88
		kdc = kerberos-2.mit.edu:88
		admin_server = kerberos.mit.edu
		default_domain = mit.edu
	}
	MEDIA-LAB.MIT.EDU = {
		kdc = kerberos.media.mit.edu
		admin_server = kerberos.media.mit.edu
	}
	ZONE.MIT.EDU = {
		kdc = casio.mit.edu
		kdc = seiko.mit.edu
		admin_server = casio.mit.edu
	}
	MOOF.MIT.EDU = {
		kdc = three-headed-dogcow.mit.edu:88
		kdc = three-headed-dogcow-1.mit.edu:88
		admin_server = three-headed-dogcow.mit.edu
	}
	CSAIL.MIT.EDU = {
		kdc = kerberos-1.csail.mit.edu
		kdc = kerberos-2.csail.mit.edu
		admin_server = kerberos.csail.mit.edu
		default_domain = csail.mit.edu
		krb524_server = krb524.csail.mit.edu
	}
	IHTFP.ORG = {
		kdc = kerberos.ihtfp.org
		admin_server = kerberos.ihtfp.org
	}
	GNU.ORG = {
		kdc = kerberos.gnu.org
		kdc = kerberos-2.gnu.org
		kdc = kerberos-3.gnu.org
		admin_server = kerberos.gnu.org
	}
	1TS.ORG = {
		kdc = kerberos.1ts.org
		admin_server = kerberos.1ts.org
	}
	GRATUITOUS.ORG = {
		kdc = kerberos.gratuitous.org
		admin_server = kerberos.gratuitous.org
	}
	DOOMCOM.ORG = {
		kdc = kerberos.doomcom.org
		admin_server = kerberos.doomcom.org
	}
	ANDREW.CMU.EDU = {
		kdc = vice28.fs.andrew.cmu.edu
		kdc = vice2.fs.andrew.cmu.edu
		kdc = vice11.fs.andrew.cmu.edu
		kdc = vice12.fs.andrew.cmu.edu
		admin_server = vice28.fs.andrew.cmu.edu
		default_domain = andrew.cmu.edu
	}
	CS.CMU.EDU = {
		kdc = kerberos.cs.cmu.edu
		kdc = kerberos-2.srv.cs.cmu.edu
		admin_server = kerberos.cs.cmu.edu
	}
	DEMENTIA.ORG = {
		kdc = kerberos.dementia.org
		kdc = kerberos2.dementia.org
		admin_server = kerberos.dementia.org
	}
	stanford.edu = {
		kdc = krb5auth1.stanford.edu
		kdc = krb5auth2.stanford.edu
		kdc = krb5auth3.stanford.edu
		admin_server = krb5-admin.stanford.edu
		default_domain = stanford.edu
	}

[domain_realm]
	.mit.edu = ATHENA.MIT.EDU
	mit.edu = ATHENA.MIT.EDU
	.media.mit.edu = MEDIA-LAB.MIT.EDU
	media.mit.edu = MEDIA-LAB.MIT.EDU
	.csail.mit.edu = CSAIL.MIT.EDU
	csail.mit.edu = CSAIL.MIT.EDU
	.whoi.edu = ATHENA.MIT.EDU
	whoi.edu = ATHENA.MIT.EDU
	.stanford.edu = stanford.edu

[login]
	krb4_convert = true
	krb4_get_tickets = false

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Google is not revealing much at this stage.

Any thoughts??



Regards,


JC