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Re: workaround for default max_life of 0

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Fleming)
Wed Sep 18 17:01:33 1996

To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 15:33:06 -0500
From: Paul Fleming <fleminpm@som.siu.edu>
Reply-To: fleminpm@som.siu.edu

> 
> The workaround to the problem is to add a max_life field to kdc.conf,
> like this:
> 
> [realms]
>         DEMO.COM = {
>                 <other stuff>
>                 max_life = 10h 0m 0s
>                 <other stuff>
>         }
> 
> The correct fix is for KADM5 to assume a reasonable default if
> max_life is not specified, such as 8 hours.  This will be fixed in the
> next release.
> 
> Barry
> 

I set the max_life exactly like above but still no luck. I can manually
change the max life of a principal but if I create a new one it gets a
default life of 0h 0m 0s. I even recreated the principal database but
still no luck.

Paul Fleming
Information Systems Center
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
fleminpm@som.siu.edu

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