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KRB.CONF(5)               NetBSD Programmer's Manual               KRB.CONF(5)


NAME

     /etc/krb.conf - Kerberos configuration file


DESCRIPTION

     krb.conf contains configuration information describing the Kerberos
     realm(s) and the Kerberos key distribution center (KDC) servers for known
     realms.  krb.conf starts with a definition of the local realm on the
     first line, this is followed by any number lines defining supplementary
     local realms.  The rest of the file consists of lines indicating
     realm/host entries. The first token is a realm name, and the second is a
     server specification of a host running a KDC for that realm. The words
     "admin server" following the hostname indicate that the host also pro-
     vides an administrative database server.

     To be able to communicate with the KDC through a firewall it is sometimes
     necessary to tunnel requests over HTTP or TCP. Tunnel protocols and port
     numbers are specified in the server specification using the syntax
     [(UDP|TCP|HTTP)/]hostname[:port].


EXAMPLES

               SICS.SE
               NADA.KTH.SE
               SICS.SE     TCP/kerberos.sics.se:88 admin server
               NADA.KTH.SE kerberos.nada.kth.se    admin server
               NADA.KTH.SE kerberos-1.nada.kth.se
               NADA.KTH.SE kerberos-2.nada.kth.se
               NADA.KTH.SE HTTP/kerberos-3.nada.kth.se
               KTH.SE      kerberos.kth.se         admin server


ENVIRONMENT

     The environment variable KRBCONFDIR can be used to point out the directo-
     ry where the krb.conf file resides.


SEE ALSO

     krb.realms(5), krb_get_krbhst(3), krb_get_lrealm(3)

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