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Can't create principals. Please help.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Keener)
Fri Jul 28 07:51:44 1995

To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 09:44:23 GMT
From: tkeener@henge.com (Todd Keener)

I seem to be stuck on why when I run kdb5_create I can't get anywhere.
Here is the error message I am getting:

henge1:/u1/krb5/src/admin/create# kdb5_create
kdb5_create: Improper format of configuration file while retrieving
default realm name
henge1:/u1/krb5/src/admin/create#


I am assuming the "configuration file" it is referring to is the
krb5.conf file.  Begging your pardon for being a newbie on Kerberos,
here is how my .conf file reads:

henge1:/u1/krb5/src/config-files# more krb5.conf
[libdefaults]
        ticket_lifetime = 600
        default_realm = HENGE.COM
 
[realms]
        HENGE.COM = {
                kdc = henge1.henge.com
                admin_server = henge1.henge.com
                default_domain = henge.com
        }
 
[domain_realm]
        .henge.com = HENGE.COM
        henge.com = HENGE.COM
henge1:/u1/krb5/src/config-files#


Near as I understand it, the name of the host I am trying to run
kerberos on is called "henge1".  Our domain name is "henge.com" and
that is about all I know.  Is it because I am missing a realm?
Heeeeeelllllp!!!    Thank you!

-Todd


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