krb5_kt_resolve error in kfw 3.0

[jaltman@columbia.edu]

This is a real bug on the krb5 trunk.  It is not specific to KFW.
The problem exists in both krb5_kt_resolve as well as
krb5_kt_register.

Please file a bug report at krb5-bugs at mit.edu.


Quoting Shivakeshav Santi <ss488 at cornell.edu>:

> HI,
>
>      I noticed that krb5_kt_resolve function returns
> KRB5_KT_UNKNOWN_TYPE
> on a valid call with a correct keytab name . On further
> investigation I
> found that the function uses strcmp which is comparing the
> default prefixes
> with the prefix (FILE:). But the default prefixes do not have
> colon.
>
> changing the line in ktbase.c from strcmp(tlist->ops->prefix,pfx)
> to
> strncmp(tlist->ops->prefix,pfx,strlen(tlist->ops->prefix)) fixed
> the problem.
>
> Did any one notice a similar behaviou ?
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
>
> Shivakeshav Santi
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