How to get kfw 4.0.1 to log on windows?

Benjamin Kaduk kaduk at MIT.EDU
Wed Nov 12 02:55:16 EST 2014


On Wed, 12 Nov 2014, Todd Grayson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been searching around looking for clear discussion around how to
> enable (debug) logging on windows, for the MIT Kerberos for Windows.  I
> found the following discussion in the release notes for the kfw 3.2.2,
> which stated the following:
>
> http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/kfw-3.2/kfw-3.2.2/relnotes.html
>
> Under "Release History > 3.2.0 > Integrated Logon Improvements"
>
>
>    - Add a debugging mode which when activated logs to the Windows
>    Application Event Log.   [HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MIT
>    Kerberos\NetworkProvider]
>    DWORD "Debug"
>
>
>
> To clarify, is this the proper detailed description for what is being
> stated there:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MIT
> Kerberos\NetworkProvider
> Registry Value: Debug
> Value Type: REG_DWORD
> Value Data: 0x1
> (e.g. set to 1 to enable debug)
>
> If so; Does this registry setting to enable debug hold true for kfw 4.0.1
> as well?

The relevant pieces of code appear to remain present in KfW 4.0.1.
However, since KfW 4.0.x is based off of krb5 1.10.x, which supports the
KRB5_TRACE environment variable, I would expect the latter to be more
useful in real-world debugging situations.

-Ben


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