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Problem with setting up Kerberos server
Posted by sam on November 30th, 2003


Dear all,

I don't know how many of you setup Kerberos in Linux.
I encountered problem when executing the ext_srvtab command:

root@sec [11:49am] [/etc/kerberosIV]# ext_srvtab sec

Enter Kerberos master password:

Current Kerberos master key version is 1.

Master key entered. BEWARE!
ext_srvtab: couldn't get local realm

The /etc/krb.conf file is shown as below:
root@sec [11:52am] [/etc/kerberosIV]# cat krb.conf
rock.com sec.rock.com admin server

/etc/krb.realms file is shown as below:
root@sec [11:53am] [/etc/kerberosIV]# cat krb.realms
rock.com ROCK.DOMAIN
..rock.com ROCK.DOMAIN

Host name is:
root@sec [11:53am] [/etc/kerberosIV]# hostname
sec.rock.com

Thanks very much
Sam