Troubleshooting Kerberos Related Products
Troubleshooting the Kerberos Client Utilities
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| klist: No such file or | The keytab file was not | Verify the keytab file. If |
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| directory while starting | found. (The default | the keytab file does not |
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| keytab scan | location of the keytab file | exist, create the keytab |
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| is /etc/krb5.keytab.) | file with specific entries. |
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| If the keytab file |
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| location is different |
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| location, then use |
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| option to specify the |
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| correct location. |
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6 |
| klist: Bad format in | The credential cache file | Reinitialize the |
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| credentials cache while | is not in the proper | credentials by using |
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| setting cache flags | format. | kinit. |
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7 |
| kpasswd: New passwords | The principal whose | Create a principal entry |
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| do not match - password | password you want to | in Kerberos database. |
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| not changed. | change does not exist in |
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| the Kerberos database. |
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8 |
| kpasswd: Unknown | The credential cache file | Credential file may be |
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| credential cache type | is of an unknown type. | corrupted. Obtain the |
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| while reading principal |
| credentials using kinit. |
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| name from credential |
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| cache. |
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9 |
| KDC has no support for | Encryption type | Use the supported |
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| encryption type while | requested for the session | encryption type. |
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| getting credentials. | key is not supported. |
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10 |
| kpasswd: when kpasswd | Check user's permissions | Credential file may be |
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| gets the principal from | to write to credential | corrupted. Obtain the |
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| the cache file, it finds the | cache. | credentials using |
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| principle in bad format. |
| kinit. |
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You can find Kerberos V5 Library Error Codes from Appendix A of MIT’s Kerberos V5 System Administrator’s Guide.
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