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admin_acl_file (administrator access
control list) Text file that lists the
administrators and their respective
permissions.
HP Kerberos Administrator The
graphical user interface that is used to
administer the principal database of the
Kerberos server.
Authentication Service (AS)
Authentication is a verification of a user’s
identity. The Authentication Service (AS)
hands out a ticket-granting ticket, which in
turn is used to access the Ticket-Granting
Service (TGS).
C
Command-line administrator
Command-line utility used to administer the
Kerberos principal database.
F
ftp Client application that securely copies
files to and from remote computers via the
File Transfer Protocol.
ftpd Secured daemon that services
connection requests from secured and
nonsecured ftp clients.
K
.k5.REALM A hidden file that contains your
master key, where REALM is your default
realm.
k5login A hidden ASCII file that contains a
list of principals authorized to access a
specific user account.
kadmind Daemon that accepts
administration requests from remote
administrative tools.
kdb_create Creates a principal database
and adds a realm to an existing principal
database.
kdb_destroy Securely removes the
principal database.
kdb_dump Copies the contents of the
principal database to stdout or to a text file.
kdb_load Loads a database with the
principal entries from a database dump text
file.
kdb_stash Stores the master key, the
transformed master password, to a disk file.
KDC The heart of the Kerberos realm is the
Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC),
which is also generally referred to as the
Kerberos Server. The KDC is composed of
two different services the Authentication
Service (AS) and the Ticket-Granting
Service (TGS). The KDC issues Kerberos
tickets.
kdcd Daemon that provides two services:
the Authentication Service (AS) and the
Ticket-Granting Service (TGS).
Key Distribution Center See KDC.
kpropd daemon that propagates the
principal database from one server to
another.
kpropd.dbg File that stores the output
from the principal database propagation
system when the prpadmin program runs in
debug mode.