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> After setting up kerberos following the directions from the handbook,
> I'm getting this error when running kinit. I grep'd the mail archives
> but have only found similar questions. No answers seem to be present.
> 
> frf@tailspin: 17 > kinit frf
> MIT Project Athena (tailspin.qcworld.com)
> Kerberos Initialization for "frf"
> kinit: Retry count exceeded (send_to_kdc)
> 
> I suspect a simple config error, perhaps in services or inet.conf.
> Any suggestions?

I'm pretty sure this means kinit can't contact your main server.
Make sure the Kerberos domain in your krb.conf file is set correctly
and that the server associated with it is up and running.