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Re: krb5.conf and kdc.conf pointing to each other

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sam Hartman)
Mon Nov 11 12:52:36 1996

To: "Barry Jaspan" <bjaspan@MIT.EDU>
Cc: krbdev@MIT.EDU
From: Sam Hartman <hartmans@MIT.EDU>
Date: 11 Nov 1996 12:52:12 -0500
In-Reply-To: "Barry Jaspan"'s message of Mon, 11 Nov 1996 12:45:07 -0500

>>>>> ""Barry" == "Barry Jaspan" <bjaspan@MIT.EDU> writes:

    "Barry> There have been several bug reports about the
    "Barry> documentation suggesting that both krb5.conf and kdc.conf
    "Barry> can point to each other.  Obviously, this is impossible.

    "Barry> How is it supposed to be?  Which file, if either, can have
    "Barry> a profile relation that specifies the location of the
    "Barry> other file?  What stanza does the relation occur in?

	When the multi-db support was working, the profile relation in
a specific realm in kdc.conf pointed to krb5.conf.  I don't think it
has been rethought or tested since then, unless you did stuff while
implementing the integration.

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