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@@ -88,12 +88,15 @@ Step 2: Setup your /etc/krb5.conf
NOTE: The realm must be uppercase.
You also must ensure that you can do a reverse DNS lookup on the IP
- address of your KDC. This usually either involves setting up a PTR
- record in your DNS server or adding your KDC to /etc/hosts.
-
- Your KDC DNS name must be be in a domain that matches the realm,
- e.g. realm EXAMPLE.COM, kdc server.example.com. At least for now.
-
+ address of your KDC. Also, the name that this reverse lookup maps to
+ must either be the netbios name of the KDC (ie. the hostname with no
+ domain attached) or it can alternatively be the netbios name
+ followed by the realm.
+
+ The easiest way to ensure you get this right is to add a /etc/hosts
+ entry mapping the IP address of your KDC to its netbios name. If you
+ don't get this right then you will get a "local error" when you try
+ to join the realm.
* If all you want is kerberos support in smbclient then you can skip
* straight to step 5 now. Step 3 is only needed if you want kerberos