krb5kdc(1M) System Administration Commands krb5kdc(1M)
NAME
krb5kdc - KDC daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/krb5/krb5kdc [-d dbpath] [-r realm] [-m]
[-k masterenctype] [-M masterkeyname]
[-p port] [-n] [-x db_args]...
DESCRIPTION
krb5kdc is the daemon that runs on the master and slave KDCs to process the Kerberos tickets. For Kerberos to function properly, krb5kdc
must be running on at least one KDC that the Kerberos clients can access. Prior to running krb5kdc, you must initialize the Kerberos data-
base using kdb5_util(1M). See the for information regarding how to set up KDCs and initialize the Kerberos database.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-d dbpath
Specify the path to the database; default value is /var/krb5.
-k masterenctype
Specify the encryption type for encrypting the database. The default value is des-cbc-crc. des3-cbc-sha1, arcfour-hmac-md5, arcfour-
hmac-md5-exp, aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96, and aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 are also valid.
-m
Specify that the master key for the database is to be entered manually.
-M masterkeyname
Specify the principal to retrieve the master Key for the database.
-n
Specify that krb5kdc should not detach from the terminal.
-p port
Specify the port that will be used by the KDC to listen for incoming requests.
-r realm
Specify the realm name; default is the local realm name.
-x db_args
Pass database-specific arguments to kadmin. Supported arguments are for the LDAP plug-in. These arguments are:
binddn=binddn
Specifies the DN of the object used by the KDC server to bind to the LDAP server. This object should have the rights to read the
realm container, principal container and the subtree that is referenced by the realm. Overrides the ldap_kdc_dn parameter setting
in krb5.conf(4).
bindpwd=bindpwd
Specifies the password for the above-mentioned binddn. It is recommended not to use this option. Instead, the password can be
stashed using the stashsrvpw command of kdb5_ldap_util(1M).
nconns=num
Specifies the number of connections to be maintained per LDAP server.
host=ldapuri
Specifies, by an LDAP URI, the LDAP server to which to connect.
FILES
/var/krb5/principal.db
Kerberos principal database.
/var/krb5/principal.kadm5
Kerberos administrative database. This file contains policy information.
/var/krb5/principal.kadm5.lock
Kerberos administrative database lock file. This file works backwards from most other lock files (that is, kadmin will exit with an
error if this file does not exist).
/etc/krb5/kdc.conf
KDC configuration file. This file is read at startup.
/etc/krb5/kpropd.acl
File that defines the access control list for propagating the Kerberos database using kprop.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWkdcu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
kill(1), kpasswd(1), gkadmin(1M), kadmind(1M), kadmin.local(1M), kdb5_util(1M), kdb5_ldap_util(1M), logadm(1M), krb5.conf(4),
attributes(5), krb5envvar(5), kerberos(5),
NOTES
The following signal has the specified effect when sent to the server process using the kill(1)command:
SIGHUP
krb5kdc closes and re-opens log files that it directly opens. This can be useful for external log-rotation utilities such as
logadm(1M). If this method is used for log file rotation, set the krb5.conf(4) kdc_rotate period relation to never.
SunOS 5.11 24 Oct 2007 krb5kdc(1M)