krb5_kt_resolve error in kfw 3.0

[jaltman@columbia.edu]

Correction:  The real cause of the problem is the use of "FILE:"
instead of "FILE" as the inferred prefix when a file path is
specified as "c:\temp\foo" instead of "FILE:c:\temp\foo".

This bug exists in both the keytab and the ccache code.

Jeffrey Altman


Quoting jaltman at 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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