[7240] in Kerberos
HELP ! -- need to clear admin password
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Alten)
Thu May 9 18:05:32 1996
From: David Alten <alten@TeleCheck.com>
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 16:46:59 -0500 (CDT)
Hello,
I got to be the Kerberos (IV) guy around here and don't know much about it.
However, it seems I am unable to use the admin password. The password is
correct, but I suspect the ticket has been disabled... I get the following
message while trying to add a new user or do anything requiring admin privs.
kadmin: Kerberos error: Retry count exceeded while getting password tickets
I tried killing kadmind and restarting it via the -n option to use
the cached key, but I was still unable to use the admin password.
It looks like this happened yesterday. The log file shows about 30 or so
attemps to use admin. Existing users can still log in, it is just that my
administration privileges are nil.
I also looked through the man pages, but couldn't find anything useful.
Can I somehow clear or reset the admin password? If I need to reinstall
is there a way I can preserve all existing users?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
P.S. Any additional information or pointers to KerberosIV related material
will really help.
--
David Alten
alten@telecheck.com
