KEYFILE(5)							AFS File Reference							KEYFILE(5)

NAME

       KeyFile - Defines AFS server encryption keys

DESCRIPTION

       The KeyFile file defines the server encryption keys that the AFS server processes running on the machine use to decrypt the tickets
       presented by clients during the mutual authentication process. AFS server processes perform privileged actions only for clients that
       possess a ticket encrypted with one of the keys from the file. The file must reside in the /etc/openafs/server directory on every server
       machine. For more detailed information on mutual authentication and server encryption keys, see the OpenAFS Administration Guide.

       Each key has a corresponding a key version number that distinguishes it from the other keys. The tickets that clients present are also
       marked with a key version number to tell the server process which key to use to decrypt it. The KeyFile file must always include a key with
       the same key version number and contents as the key currently listed for the "afs/cell" principal in the associated Kerberos v5 realm or
       Authentication Database. (The principal "afs" may be used if the cell and realm names are the same, but adding the cell name to the
       principal is recommended even in this case. "afs" must be used as the principal name if the cell uses the Authentication Server rather than
       a Kerberos v5 realm.) The key must be a DES key; no stronger encryption type is supported.

       The KeyFile file is in binary format, so always use either the asetkey command or the appropriate commands from the bos command suite to
       administer it:

       o   The asetkey add or bos addkey command to add a new key.

       o   The asetkey list or bos listkeys command to display the keys.

       o   The asetkey delete or bos removekey command to remove a key from the file.

       The asetkey commands must be run on the same server as the KeyFile file to update. The bos commands may be run remotely. Normally, new keys
       should be added from a Kerberos v5 keytab using asetkey add.  bos addkey is normally only used if the Authentication Server is in use
       instead of a Kerberos v5 realm.

       In cells that use the Update Server to distribute the contents of the /etc/openafs/server directory, it is customary to edit only the copy
       of the file stored on the system control machine. Otherwise, edit the file on each server machine individually.

CAUTIONS

       The most common error caused by changes to KeyFile is to add a key that does not match the corresponding key for the Kerberos v5 principal
       or Authentication Server database entry. Both the key and the key version number must match the key for the corresponding principal, either
       "afs/cell" or "afs", in the Kerberos v5 realm or Authentication Database. For a Kerberos v5 realm, that principal must only have DES
       encryption types in the Kerberos KDC.

       In the unusual case of using bos addkey to add a key with a known password matching a password used to generate Kerberos v5 keys, the keys
       in the Kerberos v5 KDC database must use "afs3" salt, not the default Kerberos v5 salt. The salt doesn't matter for the more normal
       procedure of extracting a keytab and then adding the key using asetkey.

SEE ALSO

       asetkey(8), bos_addkey(8), bos_listkeys(8), bos_removekey(8), kas_setpassword(8), upclient(8), upserver(8)

       The OpenAFS Administration Guide at <http://docs.openafs.org/AdminGuide/>.

COPYRIGHT

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas
       Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.

OpenAFS 							    2012-03-26								KEYFILE(5)