I suspect the silently removing white space from head and tail is the
correct behavior.  I will make the changes. 

Jeffrey Altman
Secure Endpoints Inc.

[petesea@bigfoot.com - Sat Aug 26 13:47:15 2006]:

> In the New Credentials dialog, if a user puts a space before or after the 
> Username (most likely by mistake or because of a cut-and-paste), the 
> Username will be considered invalid:
> 
>    Krb5: Client not found in Kerberos database
> 
> Would it be possible to pre-validate the Username to make sure it doesn't 
> begin/end with spaces?   Then either explicitly say the Username
shouldn't 
> begin/end with spaces or just silently strip them.
> 
> Along the same lines, if the Realm begins/ends with a space the user will 
> get the following message:
> 
>    Krb5: Cannot resolve network address for KDC in requested realm
> 
> Same thing here... report an error or strip the leading/trailing spaces.