It seems the problem that I have lies in GSSAPI. But it occurred when I tested to configure GSSAPI and Cyrus SASL. So, I still posted the problem here. Sorry to bother others if this problem is irrelevant and thanks for your help in advance! System: OpenSuse 10.2, MIT Kerberos 5 1.6.1 and Cyrus SASL lib 2.1.22 Problem: Test w/ sample-server and sample-client failed. Principals: host/mymachinehostname.company.com@xxxxxxxxxxx, aclient@xxxxxxxxxxx Kettab: host/mymachinehostname.company.com@xxxxxxxxxxx Sympton: see below. the following commands run from "sample" folder on the same machine running as KDC --->>> run "./sample-server -s host -p ../plugins/.libs" in a console window (Note: as root) Generating client mechanism list... Sending list of 7 mechanism(s) S: Q1JBTS1NRDUgUExBSU4gR1NTQVBJIERJR0VTVC1NRDUgTE9HSU4gT1RQIEFOT05ZTU9VUw== Waiting for client mechanism... --->>> run "kinit aclient" from another console logged in as "aclient" (yes, "aclient" is also a local account on the machine). "klist" shows the ticket obtained. and "krb5kdc.log" shows this: Aug 09 14:30:23 mymachinehostname krb5kdc[3911](info): AS_REQ (7 etypes {18 17 16 23 1 3 2}) 192.168.1.8: ISSUE: authtime 1186687823, etype s {rep=16 tkt=16 ses=16}, aclient@xxxxxxxxxxx for krbtgt/COMPANY.COM@xxxxxxxxxxx So far so good --->>> run "./sample-client -s host -u aclient -n FQDN_mymachine -p ../plugins/.libs/" service=host Waiting for mechanism list from server... --->>>copy and paste the line "S:..." to client window LENGTH=52recieved 52 byte message Choosing best mechanism from: CRAM-MD5 PLAIN GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 LOGIN OTP ANONYMOUS returning OK: aclient Using mechanism GSSAPI Preparing initial. Sending initial response... C: R1NTQVBJAGCCAiQGCSqGSIb3EgECAgEAboICEzCCAg+gAwIBBaEDAgEOogcDBQAgAAAAo4IBK2GCAScwggEjoAMCAQWhEBsOTkFQSVRFS0xURC5DT02iMDAuoAMCAQOhJzAlGwRo b3N0Gx13czcwMDZvcGVuc3VzZS5uYXBpdGVrbHRkLmNvbaOB1zCB1KADAgEQoQMCAQiigccEgcR2IXsQJ3QT2BrsljGKI5B/8U4klBk0SmYpwC1QM+vlrZRMDDOlJ9XjK0OG2ON98Fy fP5//H7uBCE95m9Q1Vil8uSjh48WpH/YYENfn2zi8Qp17oq+w9XMynT6yei6ccReUCoeqt1d2IHU+8r/XebDUMt0QTKxJXuBQvCV1TV+yhBbZTsEYYBrxk14FVA7BRYUSzzNA+FCnPJ EwR45YPHMVg4rJbCsvFyWKLKMRlwS1PaS8SuGW3sSzUA+NJQPyXwTpAQwDpIHKMIHHoAMCARCigb8Egbzs9q9g9hXsXe2JnIcWJP5BsOHoJavtKTborEs1TdK4SVwMk+tmW4UFhmD+V cl/nTdZX/HSgz11hKhkCJNGH1hV/rkiTew/dverAWcsOHmuYEP8ChL77/3Wi/6BIlDX13846UTKCks1cFlQPBIiSt28HMKz/NeWCgbOWwBqOhEHz5cboq75zpgQJSIGCsUhVG5Y9b+A NeFy/ifMfTmybUIKhQ21LRZfo/y0M2nw4Rqjqd7wR+tAVLbER0MjHA== check the "krb5kdc.log", it shows a ticket issued to "aclient" for "host/FQDN_mymachine@xxxxxxxxxxx" Aug 09 14:30:49 mymachinehostname krb5kdc[3911](info): TGS_REQ (7 etypes {18 17 16 23 1 3 2}) 192.168.1.8: ISSUE: authtime 1186687823, etyp es {rep=16 tkt=16 ses=16}, aclient@xxxxxxxxxxx for host/mymachinehostname.company.com@xxxxxxxxxxx not bad:) --->>>copy and paste the line "C:..." to server window got 'GSSAPI' lt-sample-server: SASL Other: GSSAPI Error: Unspecified GSS failure. Minor code may provide more information (Wrong principal in request) lt-sample-server: Starting SASL negotiation: authentication failure (authentication failure) BUT there is NO log in "krb5kdc.log" for this error! Note: There is no problem that DNS is set up right for name look up and reverse lookup. And a FQDN is added to /ect/hosts for the machine as well. There is no problem that Kerberos works w/ pam_krb5 for login. So, what could cause the problem. Any ideas? Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC