Server not found in Kerberos database

Douglas E. Engert deengert at anl.gov
Thu Oct 29 11:11:06 EDT 2009



jim_bob wrote:
> On Oct 28, 4:57 pm, "Douglas E. Engert" <deeng... at anl.gov> wrote:
>> jim_bob wrote:
>>> Hello, I am trying to get ssh single sign on working with kerberos but
>>> it keeps failing with "server not found in Kerberos database" the
>>> optput of ssh -vvv:
>> Have you added the host/krb1.testsetup.... at TESTSETUP.COM principal
>> to the KDC, and created the matching krb5.keytab file on krb1.testsetup.com?
>>

> 
> Yes, the host/krb1 pric and krb5.keytab file are present.

Kerberos wants FQDN for host principals. Are they using the FQDN?
The ssh says it could not find the name in the database.

Wireshark or some other network tool can be very helpful too.
It can parse the Kerberos packets for you.


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