[18824] in Athena Bugs
Re: linux 8.4.20: ksu
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Z. Maze)
Tue Feb 27 16:21:22 2001
To: Greg Hudson <ghudson@mit.edu>
Cc: bugs@mit.edu
From: "David Z. Maze" <dmaze@MIT.EDU>
Date: 27 Feb 2001 16:21:19 -0500
In-Reply-To: <200102272114.QAA17776@egyptian-gods.MIT.EDU> (Greg Hudson's message of "Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:14:04 -0500")
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Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU> writes:
DZM> ksu: No such file or directory while verifying ticket for server
GH> Looks like you don't have a keytab or srvtab, so ksu can't verify that
GH> your password is correct. (Any entity on the net can construct a
GH> valid-looking ticket given a known pasword, not just the KDC.)
In fact, the machine in question fails to have a keytab/srvtab, so
this is probably the problem.
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