JDK-8036971 : krb5.conf does not accept directive lines before the first section
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: security-libs
  • Sub-Component: org.ietf.jgss:krb5
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2014-03-10
  • Updated: 2020-02-26
  • Resolved: 2014-03-10
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8u20Fixed 9 b06Fixed openjdk7uFixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-7184246 - Simplify Config.get() of krb5
Relates :  
JDK-8040615 - Support "include" and "includedir" in krb5.conf
Relates :  
JDK-8029994 - Support "include" and "includedir" in krb5.conf
Description
In JDK 8, if there is a directive line before the first section of a krb5.conf file, say,

  include /path/to/another/file
  [libdefaults]
  default_realm = R

the parsing will fail. This is a regression after JDK-7184246.
Comments
JDK-8029994 is about supporting include/includedir directives and ignoring other unknown ones. However I cannot guarantee when it will be finished and whether it can be backported to 8u, so a fix is still needed.
10-03-2014