On Fri, 8 Sep 2023 17:02:15 +0200
Arnaud FLORENT via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> Hi Michael
>
> Le 08/09/2023 ? 16:43, Michael Tokarev a ?crit?:
> > 08.09.2023 17:41, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> >
> >> This is a generic kerberos (heimdal) init failure, coming from
> >> third_party/heimdal/lib/krb5/context.c:krb5_init_context().
> >>
> >> I guess either $HOME points to a non-directory or home field
> >> in /etc/password.
> >
> > Or $KRB5_CONFIG points to a non-directory.
>
>
> may be computer account (they have home set to /dev/null)
>
>
> /etc/krb5.conf (KRB5_CONFIG default value) exists.
>
>
> i found reference here but there is no loglevel specified in call to
> DBG_ERR
>
> https://fossies.org/linux/samba/lib/krb5_wrap/krb5_samba.c
>
>
> Thanks
>
It looks like something is trying to renew a kerberos ticket, but there
shouldn't be, not in an NT4-style domain.
Unless this computer is one that you are using to practise an upgrade
to AD, I would just remove all traces of kerberos.
Rowland