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Re: Client not found in Kerberos database

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Hornstein)
Sun Jun 26 18:16:02 2011

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From: Ken Hornstein <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
To: Jaap Winius <jwinius@umrk.nl>
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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:15:50 -0400
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>It looks like you're right! Every time I see this error occur together  
>with a correctly spelled name, it includes one or more leading spaces.  
>However, I find it difficult to imagine that the users are doing this  
>intentionally. Could it be due to a problem with gdm, the display  
>manager being used?

What I would guess is:

- User approaches display where the screen is in power-saving mode
- User hits the space bar to turn on the display
- User types in username/password, not realizing that the space is in
  the username.

--Ken
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