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Date:      Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:39:04 -0800
From:      you@aredumb.com (Will Yardley)
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: problems with FreeBSD telnet client
Message-ID:  <20031111023904.GB19869@aredumb.com>
In-Reply-To: <002801c3a7fa$c35cd750$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
References:  <20031111021649.GA17409@aredumb.com> <002801c3a7fa$c35cd750$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>

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Matthew Emmerton wrote:

> > When I telnet to a Cisco device from a FreeBSD machine, I get this
> > error:
> >
> > jazz% telnet somerouterorswitch
> > Password: Kerberos:     No default realm defined for Kerberos!
> >
> > Assuming you don't use Kerberos, is there a way to make the telnet
> > client not attempt to use it to authenticate?

> I have a feeling that this is coming from the telnet server (ie, the Cisco
> box), since no such text shows up in the FreeBSD telnet client sources our
> our Kerberos-[45] libraries.  (4-STABLE, cvsup'd just a few minutes ago.)
> 
> Perhaps the Cisco box has Kerberos support, and since it senses that the
> FreeBSD telnet client is Kerberos-aware, it spews out this warning to notify
> you of the server misconfiguration?

Yeah - I was guessing that that was the problem. I was hoping there was
a way to get the telnet client not to try to use Kerberos, but sounds
like "-K" may be the closest thing to that.

Checked out some of the options at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1831/products_command_summary_chapter09186a00800880ac.html

but don't see anything that will help.



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