[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference smurf::buildhelp

Title:USG buildhelp questions/answers
Moderator:SMURF::FILTER
Created:Mon Apr 26 1993
Last Modified:Mon Jan 20 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2763
Total number of notes:5802

2051.0. "kinit generic error message..." by AOSG::FILTER (Automatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puck) Mon Jan 15 1996 15:33

Date Of Receipt: 	15-JAN-1996 14:42:50.37
From: 	SMURF::QUARRY::courtney "Don Courtney USG  15-Jan-1996 1440"
To: 	odehelp@DEC:.zko.quarry
CC: 	admin@DEC:.zko.quarry
Subj: 	kinit generic error message...

Hi

I am not sure if my kerberos password changed...There was some
question that my account was timing out.  I tried to do an kinit
and got eh following - any hints on what I should do?

Thanks
Don

--------
2 % kinit
Kerberos Initialization
Kerberos name: Donald_Courtney
Password: 
kinit: Generic error (get_intkt)
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name		DateLines
2051.1Re: kinit generic error message...AOSG::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckMon Jan 15 1996 16:5034
Date Of Receipt: 	15-JAN-1996 15:15:01.36
From: 	SMURF::QUARRY::"[email protected]" "15-Jan-1996 1512"
To: 	[email protected]
CC: 	[email protected], [email protected]
Subj: 	Re: kinit generic error message...

try kinit -d $PRINCIPAL and capture the output. My guess is the etc/krb.conf 
file. It may not be able to contact the kerberos servers it lists.


	-Grant

| Hi
| 
| I am not sure if my kerberos password changed...There was some
| question that my account was timing out.  I tried to do an kinit
| and got eh following - any hints on what I should do?
| 
| Thanks
| Don
| 
| --------
| 2 % kinit
| Kerberos Initialization
| Kerberos name: Donald_Courtney
| Password: 
| kinit: Generic error (get_intkt)
| 


				-Grant
2051.2Re: kinit generic error message...AOSG::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckMon Jan 15 1996 17:1338
Date Of Receipt: 	15-JAN-1996 15:41:50.37
From: 	SMURF::QUARRY::courtney "Don Courtney USG  15-Jan-1996 1539"
To: 	"Grant Van Dyck" <[email protected]>
CC: 	[email protected], [email protected],
	courtney@DEC:.zko.quarry
Subj: 	Re: kinit generic error message...

Thanks for the help Grant - looks mysterious to me...

8 % kinit -d $PRINCIPAL
Kerberos Initialization for "Donald_Courtney"
lrealm is ZONE
krb_udp_port is 60930
Getting host entry for kerberos1.zk3.dec.com...Got it.
Sending message to 16.140.160.16...Sent
Waiting for reply...select failed: readfds=0Error 0
Timeout, error, or wrong descriptor
Getting host entry for kerberos2.zk3.dec.com...Got it.
Sending message to 16.140.112.22...Sent
Waiting for reply...received packet from 16.140.112.22
packet not from 40028000
Received it
Clen is 88
Password: 
Error initializing /var/dss/kerberos/tkt/tkt5191kinit: Generic error (get_intkt)

Here is the contents of my /etc/krb.conf
16 % more krb.conf
ZONE
ZONE    kerberos1.zk3.dec.com
ZONE    kerberos2.zk3.dec.com
ZONE    kerberos3.zk3.dec.com
ZONE    kerberos4.zk3.dec.com
ZONE    kerberos.zk3.dec.com
ZONE    kerberos.zk3.dec.com    admin   dummy
2051.3Re: kinit generic error message...AOSG::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckMon Jan 15 1996 17:3222
Date Of Receipt: 	15-JAN-1996 16:06:20.98
From: 	SMURF::QUARRY::johnf "John Flanagan USG Test Johnf Tools Group  15-Jan-1996 1603"
To: 	[email protected]
CC: 	"Grant Van Dyck" <[email protected]>,
	[email protected]
Subj: 	Re: kinit generic error message...

Make sure that the permission on  /var/dss/kerberos/tkt/ is 777


 ______________________________________________________________________

 John Flanagan	 		enet:    [email protected]	
 MS: ZKO3-3/W20			decnet:  flume::johnf
 USG Release Engineering		 (603) 881-1719
 110 Spitbrook Road 			 (DTN) 381-1719
 Nashua, NH  
 ______________________________________________________________________