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Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:25:02 -0600
From: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: [krbdev.mit.edu #5784] need krb5_set_config_files on windows
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sharma via RT wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Actually I am looking for krb5_init_context_with_config_files like
> functionality. If krb5.conf or krb5.ini files are available in my
> application's private directory, I would like to use these files for
> Kerberos context initialization.
> 
> Last month I was looking into Kerberos source code to implement the
> functionality discussed above. I used krb5_init_context followed by
> krb5_set_config_files calls that only works on UNIX systems. There are some
> problems on Windows system like krb5_set_config_files API is not exported
> and even after exporting this API manually, the krb5_init_context always
> needs krb5.ini file in C:\WINDOWS directory.

This is not true.  The %WinDir% directory is the default directory but
you can specify any directory you want either via the registry or
process environment variables.

> I have few more questions [Kerberos compilations, some memory leaks, static
> and dynamic library compilation], let me know whether I can discuss with you
> or create bug reports.

On Windows, there is no static compilation option; only dynamic
libraries are supported.