Hi ,
Following is the output of some of the commands are ran after
adding principals on kerberos database.

kadmin.local: getprinc nfs/vcsaix6.vxindia.veritas.com
Principal: nfs/vcsaix6.vxindia.veritas.com@vxindia.veritas.com
Expiration date: [never]
Last password change: Tue Jul 19 17:21:56 CDT 2005
Password expiration date: [none]
Maximum ticket life: 1 day 00:00:00
Maximum renewable life: 7 days 00:00:00
Last modified: Tue Jul 19 17:21:56 CDT 2005
(root/admin@vxindia.veritas.com)
Last successful authentication: [never]
Last failed authentication: [never]
Failed password attempts: 0
Number of keys: 4
Key: vno 4, Triple DES cbc mode with HMAC/sha1,
no salt
Key: vno 4, ArcFour with HMAC/md5,
no salt
Key: vno 4, AES-256 CTS mode with 96-bit SHA-1 HMAC,
no salt
Key: vno 4, DES cbc mode with RSA-MD5,
no salt

Attributes:

Policy: [none]
kadmin.local:

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bash-2.05b# klist -k /etc/krb5/krb5.keytab

Key table: /etc/krb5/krb5.keytab
Number of entries: 4

[1] principal: nfs/vcsaix6.vxindia.veritas.com@vxindia.veritas.com
KVNO: 4

[2] principal: nfs/vcsaix6.vxindia.veritas.com@vxindia.veritas.com
KVNO: 4

[3] principal: nfs/vcsaix6.vxindia.veritas.com@vxindia.veritas.com
KVNO: 4

[4] principal: nfs/vcsaix6.vxindia.veritas.com@vxindia.veritas.com
KVNO: 4
bash-2.05b#
klist -k /etc/krb5/krb5.keytab
bash-2.05b# kinit -k -t /etc/krb5/krb5.keytab
nfs/vcsaix6.vxindia.veritas.com
com.ibm.security.krb5.KrbException, status code: 0
message: Cannot retrieve key from keytab for principal
nfs/vcsaix6.vxindia.veritas.com@vxindia.veritas.com

When klist is able to read /etc/krb5/krb5.keytab file why is kinit
not able to retrive the key.

thanks,
kiran