krb5-admin-server fails during install

[Rob Caskey]

further investigation reveals:

sudo /usr/sbin/kadmind kadmind: No such file or directory while initializing, aborting

[Rob Caskey (rcaskey)]

kdb5_util create -s -r REALMNAME

seems to make the problem better but doesn't happen automagically causing package to not install properly

[Chris Rose (chris-vault5)]

Thank you for your bug report.

Can you still reproduce this?

[olof (olof-gross)]

I got the same error before i ran the krb5_newrealm command. Took me a long time to come to that conclusion, hope it helps!

[drink (martin-espinoza)]

This problem is still current today.
If you entered the realm when prompted during the interactive portion you can run

kdb5_util create -s

Without any further arguments.

I got my initial config info from http://www.alittletooquiet.net/text/kerberos-on-ubuntu/
This article has a couple problems (I have emailed the author) but is helpful nonetheless.
You need to run the create command before restarting the daemons, which the author doesn't know until he reads my email. :)
Anyway I just updated and installed a few minutes ago and this bug is still active on 7.10.

[Russ Allbery (rra-debian)]

The package is behaving as intended from my perspective. I don't think it's sane to automatically create a new realm on package installation. You may want to do something else, like initialize from an existing realm or create a realm that doesn't match the local realm for testing. In fact, given the nature of KDCs, wanting to do something more cautious is I think more likely than not.

[Alain (alchardon)]

I can't help you anymore, i'm not a specialist of linux. Sorry and thanks.

[rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for posting this bug.

Is this still an issue in Maverick?

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

There has been no response to this bug from the user for over 2 years as a result Im closing this bug, please re-open when you provide more information.