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NAME

6       winbind_krb5_locator - A plugin for MIT and Heimdal Kerberos for
7       detecting KDCs using Windows semantics.
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DESCRIPTION

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)
14       using the same semantics that other tools of the Samba suite use. This
15       include site-aware DNS service record lookups and caching of closest
16       dc. The plugin uses the public locator API provided by most modern
17       Kerberos implementations.
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PREREQUISITES

20       MIT Kerberos (at least version 1.5) or Heimdal Kerberos (at least
21       version 1.0) is required.
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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
30       installation for the correct paths. No modification in /etc/krb5.conf
31       is required to enable the use of this plugin.
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33       After copying the locator plugin to the appropriate plugin directory it
34       should immediately be available for use. Users should be able to kinit
35       into their kerberized Windows environment without any modification or
36       servers being put manually into /etc/krb5.conf.
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VERSION

39       This man page is part of version 4.18.9 of the Samba suite.
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AUTHOR

42       The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
43       Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
44       Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
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46       The winbind_krb5_locator manpage was written by Guenther Deschner.
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50Samba 4.18.9                      11/30/2023           WINBIND_KRB5_LOCATOR(8)
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