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6 winbind_krb5_locator - A plugin for MIT and Heimdal Kerberos for
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10 This plugin is part of the samba(7) suite.
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12 winbind_krb5_locator is a plugin that permits MIT and Heimdal Kerberos
13 libraries to detect Kerberos Servers (for the KDC and kpasswd service)
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16 dc. The plugin uses the public locator API provided by most modern
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20 MIT Kerberos (at least version 1.5) or Heimdal Kerberos (at least
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23 The plugin queries the winbindd(8) daemon which needs to be configured
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26 The winbind_krb5_locator.so file needs to be manually copied to the
27 plugin directory of the system Kerberos library. For MIT Kerberos this
28 is often: /usr/lib/krb5/plugins/libkrb5/. For Heimdal Kerberos this is
29 often: /usr/lib/plugin/krb5/. Please check your local Kerberos
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33 After copying the locator plugin to the appropriate plugin directory it
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39 This man page is part of version 4.9.1 of the Samba suite.
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43 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
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46 The winbind_krb5_locator manpage was written by Guenther Deschner.
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50Samba 4.9.1 05/11/2019 WINBIND_KRB5_LOCATOR(8)