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From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@bbnplanet.com>
To: krb5-bugs@MIT.EDU
Subject: profile handling code doesn't note parser failures

>Number:         69
>Category:       krb5-libs
>Synopsis:       profile handling code doesn't note parser failures
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    tytso
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   unknown
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Oct e 02:46:00 EDT 1996
>Last-Modified:  Thu Nov 14 14:54:41 EST 1996
>Originator:     John Hawkinson
>Organization:
		BBN Planet
>Release:        1.0-development
>Environment:
System: NetBSD lola-granola 1.1B NetBSD 1.1B (LOLA) #2: Thu Jul 11 00:13:13 EDT 1996 mycroft@zygorthian-space-raiders:/afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/netbsd/dev/current-source/build/i386_nbsd1/sys/arch/i386/compile/LOLA i386

Bug is also present in beta-7.
>Description:

	krb524init (for instance -- presumably this is merely one of a class
	of problems) does not give sane information in the case of an
	invalid /etc/krb5.conf.

>How-To-Repeat:

Attempt to comment out lines of krb5.conf using an invalid comment character.
Eg, starting with:
---cut
[libdefaults]
#        ticket_lifetime = 600
        default_realm = BBNPLANET.NET
---cut

run krb524init:

[all-purpose-gunk!jhawk] /usr/kerberos/lib> krb524init
k524init: No profile file open converting to V4 credentials

>Fix:

Workaround: uncommment the lines.

Change-request: implement (or document implementation thereof) a comment
character.

Real-fix: provide sane error messages from programs that read the profile
file.
>Audit-Trail:

Responsible-Changed-From-To: krb5-unassigned->tytso
Responsible-Changed-By: tytso
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Nov  4 14:55:19 1996
Responsible-Changed-Why: This is a bug in the profile code; I'll take
	care of it.


From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU>
To: Cc: krb5-bugs@MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: krb5-libs/69: profile handling code doesn't note parser failures
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 17:03:52 -0500

 As a cross-reference, PR #134 talks about a similar problem.

State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
State-Changed-By: tytso
State-Changed-When: Thu Nov 14 14:54:31 1996
State-Changed-Why: Fixed

>Unformatted: