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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Kerberos Authentication from Application Post 302226141 by phykell on Monday 18th of August 2008 11:10:57 AM
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Thanks for your reply Smilie

As a result of your link I found this:

"To learn more on the Kerberos APIs, refer to the IBM Network Authentication Service Version 1.4 Application Development Reference guide shipped on the AIX 5L Version 5.3 Expansion Pack CD and the sample Kerberos example programs bundled with the IBM NAS product."

My system admin installed what I needed and there was indeed a samples directory which contained exactly what I needed Smilie

There's a source code example called krb_login.c which shows how to authenticate with the principal and password and there's even a keytab version along with other examples:
  • Login using principal and password
  • Login from keytab
  • List credentials
  • Destroy credentials
  • Create principal
  • Delete principal
There's even a complete client/server implementation too!
 

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ipa-rmkeytab(1) 						 IPA Manual Pages						   ipa-rmkeytab(1)

NAME
ipa-rmkeytab - Remove a kerberos principal from a keytab SYNOPSIS
ipa-rmkeytab [ -p principal-name ] [ -k keytab-file ] [ -r realm ] [ -d ] DESCRIPTION
Removes a kerberos principal from a keytab. Kerberos keytabs are used for services (like sshd) to perform kerberos authentication. A keytab is a file with one or more secrets (or keys) for a kerberos principal. A kerberos service principal is a kerberos identity that can be used for authentication. Service principals contain the name of the ser- vice, the hostname of the server, and the realm name. ipa-rmkeytab provides two ways to remove principals. A specific principal can be removed or all principals for a given realm can be removed. All encryption types and versions of a principal are removed. The realm may be included when removing a specific principal but it is not required. NOTE: removing a principal from the keytab does not affect the Kerberos principal stored in the IPA server. It merely removes the entry from the local keytab. OPTIONS
-p principal-name The non-realm part of the full principal name. -k keytab-file The keytab file to append the principal(s) from. -r realm A realm to remove all principals for. -d Debug mode. Additional information is displayed. EXAMPLES
Remove the NFS service principal on the host foo.example.com from /tmp/nfs.keytab. # ipa-rmkeytab -p nfs/foo.example.com -k /tmp/nfs.keytab Remove the ldap service principal on the host foo.example.com from /etc/krb5.keytab. # ipa-rmkeytab -p ldap/foo.example.com -k /etc/krb5.keytab Remove all principals for the realm EXAMPLE.COM. # ipa-rmkeytab -r EXAMPLE.COM -k /etc/krb5.keytab EXIT STATUS
The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error. 1 Kerberos initialization failed 2 Memory allocation error 3 Unable to open keytab 4 Unable to parse the principal name 5 Principal name or realm not found in keytab 6 Unable to remove principal from keytab IPA
Oct 30 2009 ipa-rmkeytab(1)
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