Importance of white spaces in kdc.conf file.
Issue
An issue was seen when restarting kerberos services. The error is shown below:
# service krb5kdc restart
Stopping Kerberos 5 KDC: [ OK ]
Starting Kerberos 5 KDC: krb5kdc: Improper format of Kerberos configuration file while initializing krb5
[FAILED]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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