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Administering the Kerberos Server
The kadmind Command
Chapter 8112
The kadmind Command
The kadmind command starts the administrative server. This
administrative server runs on the Kerberos server that stores the
Kerberos principal database. The kadmind command accepts password
change requests and remote requests to administer the information in
the Kerberos principal database.
Table 8-1 describes the configuration files that you must set for kadmind
to work properly.
Table 8-1 Configuration Files Required for kadmind
File Name Description
/opt/krb5/krb.conf This is the Kerberos configuration
file that contains configuration
information for the Kerberos server.
For more information, see “The
krb.conf File” on page 65.
/opt/krb5/krb.realms This is the Kerberos realms file that
maps host names to their realm
names. For more information, see
“The krb.realms File” on page 66.
/opt/krb5/admin_acl_file This is the access control list (ACL)
of kadmind that lists the various
principals along with their
respective permissions. For more
information, see “The admin_acl_file
File” on page 113.
/opt/krb5/password.policy This is the file that controls the
password policy for all the
principals. For more information,
see “Password Policy File” on
page 119.