[Freeipa-users] KRB5CCNAME not defined in HTTP request environment

[Dmitri Pal]

On 12/19/2014 08:54 AM, Serafini, Adam wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to write some software that communicates with the FreeIPA 
> server from a remote client.
>
> Using Adam Young's helpful blog (
> http://adam.younglogic.com/2010/07/talking-to-freeipa-json-web-api-via-curl/), 
> I am successfully able to run this curl on the FreeIPA server itself:
>
> curl -v -H referer:https://myserver.net/ipa -H 
> "Content-Type:application/json" -H "Accept:application/json" 
> --negotiate -u : --cacert /etc/ipa/ca.crt -d 
> '{"method":"user_find","params":[[""],{}],"id":0}' -X POST 
> https://myserver.net/ipa/json
>
> But when I try and run an similar curl from my client workstation 
> (with pre-requisite Kerberos setup):
>
> curl -v -H referer:https://myworkstation.net/ipa -H 
> "Content-Type:application/json" -H "Accept:application/json" 
> --negotiate -u : --cacert /tmp/ca.crt -d 
> '{"method":"user_find","params":[[""],{}],"id":0}' -X POST 
> https://myserver.net/ipa/json
>
> The following error is generated in the Apache logs:
>
> KerberosWSGIExecutioner.__call__: KRB5CCNAME not defined in HTTP 
> request environment
>
> Would anyone have any pointers to fix, or a place to start 
> investigating? I am assuming there is configuration problem but I have 
> no idea where to begin. I believe I've done all the Kerberos setup 
> correctly, but it's hard to tell.

It seems that curl can't find kerberos ticket cache.
KRB5CCNAME is an environment variable that points to the location of the 
ticket cache.
Try defining it for curl and see what happens. I suppose knit works fine 
from the client you try it on.

>
> Kind regards,
> Adam
>
>
>
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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager IdM portfolio
Red Hat, Inc.

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