diff --git a/src/ldapbonding.cpp b/src/ldapbonding.cpp
index 45ad4ba..51eb7ec 100644
--- a/src/ldapbonding.cpp
+++ b/src/ldapbonding.cpp
@@ -390,17 +390,33 @@ void LDAPConfig::deactivateRealm() {
 	updateRealmList();
 }
 
+// WARNING
+// kadmin does not have a standard "waiting for user input" character or sequence
+// To make matters worse, the colon does not uniquely designate the end of a line; for example the response "kadmin: ext openldap/foo.bar.baz: Principal does not exist"
+// One way around this would be to see if the first colon is part of a "kadmin:" string; if so, then the colon is not a reliable end of line indicator for the current line
+// (in fact only '\r' should be used as the end of line indicator in that case)
 TQString readFullLineFromPtyProcess(PtyProcess* proc) {
 	TQString result = "";
-	while ((!result.contains("\r")) && (!result.contains(":")) && (!result.contains(">"))) {
+	while ((!result.contains("\r")) &&
+		(!result.contains(">")) &&
+		(!((!result.contains("kadmin:")) && result.contains(":"))) &&
+		(!((result.contains("kadmin:")) && result.contains("\r")))
+		) {
 		result = result + TQString(proc->readLine(false));
 		tqApp->processEvents();
+		if (!TQFile::exists(TQString("/proc/%1/exe").arg(proc->pid()))) {
+			result.replace("\n", "");
+			result.replace("\r", "");
+			if (result == "") {
+				result = "TDE process terminated";
+			}
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 	result.replace("\n", "");
 	result.replace("\r", "");
 	return result;
 }
-
 int LDAPConfig::bondRealm(LDAPRealmConfig realmcfg, TQString adminUserName, const char * adminPassword, TQString adminRealm, TQString *errstr) {
 	TQCString command = "kadmin";
 	QCStringList args;