1KADMIND(8) BSD System Manager's Manual KADMIND(8)
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4 kadmind — server for administrative access to Kerberos database
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7 kadmind [-c file | --config-file=file] [-k file | --key-file=file]
8 [--keytab=keytab] [-r realm | --realm=realm] [-d | --debug] [-p
9 port | --ports=port]
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12 kadmind listens for requests for changes to the Kerberos database and
13 performs these, subject to permissions. When starting, if stdin is a
14 socket it assumes that it has been started by inetd(8), otherwise it
15 behaves as a daemon, forking processes for each new connection. The
16 --debug option causes kadmind to accept exactly one connection, which is
17 useful for debugging.
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19 The kpasswdd(8) daemon is responsible for the Kerberos 5 password chang‐
20 ing protocol (used by kpasswd(1)).
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22 This daemon should only be run on the master server, and not on any
23 slaves.
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25 Principals are always allowed to change their own password and list their
26 own principal. Apart from that, doing any operation requires permission
27 explicitly added in the ACL file /var/heimdal/kadmind.acl. The format of
28 this file is:
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30 principal rights [principal-pattern]
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32 Where rights is any (comma separated) combination of:
33 · change-password or cpw
34 · list
35 · delete
36 · modify
37 · add
38 · get
39 · get-keys
40 · all (everything except get-keys)
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42 And the optional principal-pattern restricts the rights to operations on
43 principals that match the glob-style pattern.
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45 Supported options:
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47 -c file, --config-file=file
48 location of config file
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50 -k file, --key-file=file
51 location of master key file
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53 --keytab=keytab
54 what keytab to use
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56 -r realm, --realm=realm
57 realm to use
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59 -d, --debug
60 enable debugging
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62 -p port, --ports=port
63 ports to listen to. By default, if run as a daemon, it listens to
64 port 749, but you can add any number of ports with this option.
65 The port string is a whitespace separated list of port specifica‐
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69 /var/heimdal/kadmind.acl
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72 This will cause kadmind to listen to port 4711 in addition to any com‐
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75 kadmind --ports="+ 4711" &
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77 This acl file will grant Joe all rights, and allow Mallory to view and
78 add host principals, as well as extract host principal keys (e.g., into
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81 joe/admin@EXAMPLE.COM all
82 mallory/admin@EXAMPLE.COM add,get-keys host/*@EXAMPLE.COM
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85 kpasswd(1), kadmin(1), kdc(8), kpasswdd(8)
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