Symptom: intermittent errors on GSSAPI authentication vs
machines on DNS loadbalancer, stupid client message "Generic Error",
server-side debug complains about unknown principal.
Comes from the fact that we resolve the generic DNS name once for
the connection, then again for getting the GSSAPI/Kerberos service
ticket. So the service ticket may be for a different host, if
the DNS alias switches in between the two resolves.
--- openssh-4.3p2/sshconnect2.c.gss-canohost 2006-11-28 21:58:03.000000000 +0100
+++ openssh-4.3p2/sshconnect2.c 2006-11-30 11:33:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@
static u_int mech = 0;
OM_uint32 min;
int ok = 0;
+ const char* remotehost = get_canonical_hostname(1);
/* Try one GSSAPI method at a time, rather than sending them all at
* once. */
@@ -497,7 +498,7 @@
/* My DER encoding requires length<128 */
if (gss_supported->elements[mech].length < 128 &&
ssh_gssapi_check_mechanism(&gssctxt,
- &gss_supported->elements[mech], authctxt->host)) {
+ &gss_supported->elements[mech], remotehost)) {
ok = 1; /* Mechanism works */
} else {
mech++;