Dear All, this i feel is a little out of topic but really apprecite if someone can help i am tryin to authenicate my Centos 5.2 box to windows 2003 ADS server .. but am not able to do so . i get the following error when i run kinit kinit(v5): Improper format of Kerberos configuration file while initializing Kerberos 5 library i have the following packages installed on my linux box [root at testproxy init.d]# rpm -qa | grep krb krb5-devel-1.6.1-25.el5_2.2 krb5-workstation-1.6.1-25.el5_2.2 krb5-auth-dialog-0.7-1 krb5-libs-1.6.1-25.el5_2.2 pam_krb5-2.2.14-1.el5_2.1 rpm -qa|grep ntp ntp-4.2.2p1-8.el5.centos.1 chkfontpath-1.10.1-1.1 root at testproxy init.d]# rpm -qa|grep samba system-config-samba-1.2.39-1.el5 samba-client-3.0.28-1.el5_2.1 samba-common-3.0.28-1.el5_2.1 samba-3.0.28-1.el5_2.1 my domain name is===> baladia.local Windows 2003 AD server computer name is====> kmun my /etc/krb5.conf file is ---- [logging] default = FILE:/var/log/krb5libs.log kdc = FILE:/var/log/krb5kdc.log admin_server = FILE:/var/log/kadmind.log [libdefaults] ticket_lifetime=24000 default_realm=BALADIA.LOCAL dns_lookup_realm = false dns_lookup_kdc = false [realms] BALADIA.LOCAL={ kdc=172.16.2.227:88 # admin_server=kmun.baladia.local:749 default_domain=BALADIA.LOCAL kdc=BALADIA.LOCAL } [domain_realm] .baladia.local=BALADIA.LOCAL baladia.local=BALADIA.LOCAL kerberos 88/udp kdc # Kerberos key server kerberos 88/tcp kdc # Kerberos key server [kdc] profile = /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kdc.conf [appdefaults] pam = { debug = false ticket_lifetime = 36000 renew_lifetime = 36000 forwardable = true krb4_convert = false } as i said before when i run kinit kinit(v5): Improper format of Kerberos configuration file while initializing Kerberos 5 library i tried googlin n tried varios options in the conf file but no luck i would really apprecite n be thankful if someone could point out the syntax error in my krb5.conf file or if any missing software i need to check n install or anyway i could track this error also is there anything to check on my windows 2003 AD Server Thanks and appreciate Fabain -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.