To run a zephyr server with MIT Kerberos IV and V support, you need to generate a Kerberos V keytab and a Kerberos IV srvtab for the principal zephyr.zephyr@YOUR.REALM.NAME. Doing this with the MIT Kerberos V server is a somewhat convoluted process, but here we go: [Note that this presumes that you have Kerberos administrator privileges, if you don't, find someone who does.] At the kadmin prompt, type ank -randkey zephyr/zephyr this creates the Kerberos principal, with whatever key types and cryptosystems your realm defaults to. Next, also at the kadmin prompt, type the following substituting appropriately for your realm name and various file locations: xst -k /etc/zephyr/krb5.keytab -e des-cbc-crc:v4 zephyr/zephyr@YOUR.REALM.NAME The key type is necessary because zephyr Kerberos IV uses only single-DES. Now run ktutil: rkt /etc/zephyr/krb5.keytab wst /etc/zephyr/srvtab q The krb5.keytab and srvtab files need to be the same on all of your zephyr servers; note that with the MIT kerberos server, xst changes the key each time, invalidating previously-extracted keytabs.