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krb5-libs/475: whitespace handling in krb5.conf parser could be better
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com)
Wed Oct 1 18:03:29 1997
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Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 18:02:54 -0400
From: sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com
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To: krb5-bugs@MIT.EDU
>Number: 475
>Category: krb5-libs
>Synopsis: whitespace handling in krb5.conf parser could be better
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: krb5-unassigned
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: unknown
>Arrival-Date: Wed Oct 01 18:03:00 EDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Bill Sommerfeld
>Organization:
HP
>Release: 1.0pl1
>Environment:
System: HP-UX blatt B.10.01 A 9000/712 2010593751 two-user license
>Description:
if there is trailing whitespace on the
default_realm = foo
line in the /etc/krb5.conf file, that trailing whitespace is
considered to be part of the realm name.
>How-To-Repeat:
% su
Password:
# ed << 'EOF'
r /etc/krb5.conf
g/default_realm/s/$/ /
w
q
EOF
# exit
% kinit ${USER}
....
>Fix:
unknown at this time, probably trivial
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
