Kerberos "Can't get profile to fetch realms"

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Kerberos "Can't get profile to fetch realms"

Every ten seconds for days now My mac has been throwing this error every 10 seconds.
system.log
Aug 9 21:49:17 sean-murtlands-macbook-pro edu.mit.Kerberos.krb5kdc[20021]: Can't get profile to fetch realms
Aug 9 21:49:17 sean-murtlands-macbook-pro com.apple.launchd[1] (edu.mit.Kerberos.krb5kdc[20021]): Exited with exit code: 1
Aug 9 21:49:17 sean-murtlands-macbook-pro com.apple.launchd[1] (edu.mit.Kerberos.krb5kdc): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

Anyone know why this is happening, and how to fix it?

iPhone 3G 8GB | iPod touch (2nd Gen) | MacBook Pro 17" (Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.5.7), 3.06GHz - 7200 RPM HDD - AntiGlare Display

Posted on Aug 9, 2009 6:50 PM

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mcbeenb

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Aug 12, 2009 10:01 PM in response to JimRaynor56

I've got the same problem. The only solution I have found elsewhere is a clean reinstall.

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Aug 12, 2009 10:05 PM in response to mcbeenb

Stop looking at the logs.

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JimRaynor56 Author

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Aug 12, 2009 10:12 PM in response to mcbeenb

I did a clean install, now I'm getting this instead.
8/13/09 1:09:36 AM edu.mit.Kerberos.krb5kdc[37732] krb5kdc: didn't find any realms when starting
8/13/09 1:09:36 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (edu.mit.Kerberos.krb5kdc[37732]) Exited with exit code: 1
8/13/09 1:09:36 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (edu.mit.Kerberos.krb5kdc) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

This one seems okay as I'm not connected to any networks which use Kerberos as their security protocol. (Unless I'm misunderstanding the purpose of Kerberos)

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Sep 8, 2009 10:30 PM in response to JimRaynor56

This issue is that Kerberos is not configured ... a simple fix from a Terminal window:

sudo /usr/libexec/configureLocalKDC

And everything is happy ... now as to why the launchd rule in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.configureLocalKDC.plist does not work - I have no idea

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