Kerberos V5 System Administrator's Guide

Release: 1.0

Document Edition: 1.0

Last updated: November 27, 1996

• Copyright
• Introduction
  • Why Should I use Kerberos?
  • Documentation for Kerberos V5
  • Overview of This Guide
• How Kerberos Works
  • Network Services and Their Client Programs
  • Kerberos Tickets
  • The Kerberos Database
  • Kerberos Realms
  • The Ticket-Granting Ticket
  • Network Services and the Master Database
    • The Keytab File
  • The User--Kerberos Interaction
  • Definitions
• Configuration Files
  • krb5.conf
    • [libdefaults]
    • [appdefaults]
    • [realms]
    • [domain_realm]
    • [logging]
    • [capaths]
    • Sample krb5.conf File
  • kdc.conf
    • [kdcdefaults]
    • [realms]
    • Sample kdc.conf File
• Administrating the Kerberos Database
  • Kadmin Options
  • Date Format
  • Principals
    • Retrieving Information About a Principal
      • Attributes
      • Retrieving a List of Principals
    • Privileges
    • Adding or Modifying Principals
    • Deleting Principals
    • Changing Passwords
    • Renaming Principals
  • Policies
    • Retrieving Policies
    • Retrieving the List of Policies
    • Adding or Modifying Policies
    • Deleting Policies
  • Dumping a Kerberos Database to a File
  • Restoring a Kerberos Database from a Dump File
  • Creating a Stash File
  • Creating and Destroying a Kerberos Database
• Application Servers
  • Keytabs
    • Adding Principals to Keytabs
    • Removing Principals from Keytabs
  • Clock Skew
  • Getting DNS Information Correct
  • Configuring Your Firewall to Work With Kerberos V5
• Backups of Secure Hosts
  • Backing Up the Kerberos Database
• Bug Reporting
• Appendix
  • Kerberos Error Messages
    • Kerberos V5 Library Error Codes
    • Kerberos V5 Database Library Error Codes
    • Kerberos V5 Magic Numbers Error Codes
    • ASN.1 Error Codes
    • GSSAPI Error Codes
  • kadmin Time Zones