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pending/188: lib-krb5 improper parsing / server hang?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Basch)
Thu Nov 14 03:10:07 1996

Resent-From: gnats@rt-11.MIT.EDU (GNATS Management)
Resent-To: gnats-admin@rt-11.MIT.EDU
Resent-Reply-To: krb5-bugs@MIT.EDU, "Richard Basch" <basch@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 03:09:14 -0500
From: "Richard Basch" <basch@MIT.EDU>
To: krb5-bugs@MIT.EDU


>Number:         188
>Category:       pending
>Synopsis:       lib-krb5 improper parsing / server hang?
>Confidential:   yes
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    gnats-admin
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   unknown
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 14 03:10:01 EST 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:
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>Release:
>Environment:
>Description:
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
Problem:
	kinit basch/
	Password for basch/@Lehman.COM:
	kinit: Cannot contact any KDC for requested realm while ...

I actually noticed this when I accidentally mistyped at the win32 client;
it hung (but I didn't wait long)

What it should do:
It should either parse basch/ as "basch" or as a non-existant principal,
but it either case, it should not pause and generate the error above.


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