* Craig Ringer (craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au) wrote:
> I've dropped all your cross-posts; this is just going to PgSQL-general.

Thanks for that.

> On 30/11/2009 3:29 PM, rahimeh khodadadi wrote:
>
>> psql: *krb5_sendauth: Bad application version was sent (via sendauth)*
>
> Also: a search for your error message finds this post, which, while  
> related to a Windows kerberos server, seems to apply:

It's the same kind of issue (wrong service name), but I think the real
problem is this:

krb_srvname = 'postgres/star(at)EXAMPLE(dot)COM'

The documentation, I think, is pretty clear:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/auth-methods.html#KERBEROS-AUTH

 PostgreSQL operates like a normal Kerberos service. The name of the
 service principal is servicename/hostname(at)realm(dot)

 servicename can be set on the server side using the krb_srvname
 configuration parameter

The above should just be:

krb_srvname = 'postgres'

Or, better, just removed.  Unless you're running under a Microsoft
Active Directory Kerberos environment, the default should 'just work'.

Additionally, this is also almost certainly wrong:

krb_server_hostname = 'star'

Again, referring to the same documentation:

  hostname is the fully qualified host name of the server machine.

You really should have a proper FQDN set for this system.  I would also
recommend using a real domain rather than 'EXAMPLE.COM'.  Also, I didn't
see the version of PostgreSQL, but if you're using something recent your
auth method should really be 'gss' instead of 'krb5'.

> I don't know much about Kerberos, not I suspect do all that many people  
> on the list, so I can't be of any more help.

Unfortunately, I don't pay as close attention to the lists as I wish I
could.  Kerberos with PG is actually a solution I typically recommend.

	Thanks,

		Stephen

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