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KDC.CONF(5)                      MIT Kerberos                      KDC.CONF(5)

NAME
       kdc.conf - Kerberos V5 KDC configuration file

       The kdc.conf file supplements krb5.conf(5) for programs which are typi-
       cally only used on a KDC, such as the krb5kdc(8) and kadmind(8) daemons
       and  the  kdb5_util(8)  program.  Relations documented here may also be
       specified in krb5.conf; for the KDC programs mentioned,  krb5.conf  and
       kdc.conf will be merged into a single configuration profile.

       Normally,  the  kdc.conf  file  is  found  in  the KDC state directory,
       /var/lib/kerberos/krb5kdc.  You can override the  default  location  by
       setting the environment variable KRB5_KDC_PROFILE.

       Please  note that you need to restart the KDC daemon for any configura-
       tion changes to take effect.

STRUCTURE
       The kdc.conf file is set up in the  same  format  as  the  krb5.conf(5)
       file.

SECTIONS
       The kdc.conf file may contain the following sections:

                    +--------------+----------------------------+
                    |[kdcdefaults] | Default values for KDC be- |
                    |              | havior                     |
                    +--------------+----------------------------+
                    |[realms]      | Realm-specific    database |
                    |              | configuration and settings |
                    +--------------+----------------------------+
                    |[dbdefaults]  | Default database settings  |
                    +--------------+----------------------------+
                    |[dbmodules]   | Per-database settings      |
                    +--------------+----------------------------+
                    |[logging]     | Controls how Kerberos dae- |
                    |              | mons perform logging       |
                    +--------------+----------------------------+

   [kdcdefaults]
       Some relations in the [kdcdefaults] section specify default values  for
       realm variables, to be used if the [realms] subsection does not contain
       a relation for the tag.  See the [realms] section for  the  definitions
       of these relations.

       o host_based_services

       o kdc_listen

       o kdc_ports

       o kdc_tcp_listen

       o kdc_tcp_ports

       o no_host_referral

       o restrict_anonymous_to_tgt

       The following [kdcdefaults] variables have no per-realm equivalent:

       kdc_max_dgram_reply_size
              Specifies  the  maximum  packet  size that can be sent over UDP.
              The default value is 4096 bytes.

       kdc_tcp_listen_backlog
              (Integer.)  Set the size of the listen queue length for the  KDC
              daemon.   The  value may be limited by OS settings.  The default
              value is 5.

       spake_preauth_kdc_challenge
              (String.)  Specifies the group for a SPAKE optimistic challenge.
              See  the spake_preauth_groups variable in libdefaults for possi-
              ble values.  The default is not to  issue  an  optimistic  chal-
              lenge.  (New in release 1.17.)

   [realms]
       Each  tag in the [realms] section is the name of a Kerberos realm.  The
       value of the tag is a subsection where the relations define KDC parame-
       ters for that particular realm.  The following example shows how to de-
       fine one parameter for the ATHENA.MIT.EDU realm:

          [realms]
              ATHENA.MIT.EDU = {
                  max_renewable_life = 7d 0h 0m 0s
              }

       The following tags may be specified in a [realms] subsection:

       acl_file
              (String.)  Location of the access control list  file  that  kad-
              mind(8)  uses  to  determine  which principals are allowed which
              permissions on the Kerberos database.  To operate without an ACL
              file,  set this relation to the empty string with acl_file = "".
              The default value is  /var/lib/kerberos/krb5kdc/kadm5.acl.   For
              more information on Kerberos ACL file see kadm5.acl(5).

       database_module
              (String.)  This relation indicates the name of the configuration
              section under [dbmodules] for database-specific parameters  used
              by  the  loadable  database  library.   The default value is the
              realm name.  If this configuration section does not  exist,  de-
              fault values will be used for all database parameters.

       database_name
              (String,  deprecated.)   This relation specifies the location of
              the Kerberos database for this realm, if the DB2 module is being
              used  and the [dbmodules] configuration section does not specify
              a  database  name.    The   default   value   is   /var/lib/ker-
              beros/krb5kdc/principal.

       default_principal_expiration
              (abstime  string.)   Specifies  the  default  expiration date of
              principals created in this realm.  The default value is 0, which
              means no expiration date.

       default_principal_flags
              (Flag  string.)   Specifies the default attributes of principals
              created in  this  realm.   The  format  for  this  string  is  a
              comma-separated  list  of  flags, with '+' before each flag that
              should be enabled and '-' before each flag that should  be  dis-
              abled.   The  postdateable,  forwardable,  tgt-based, renewable,
              proxiable, dup-skey, allow-tickets, and service flags default to
              enabled.

              There are a number of possible flags:

              allow-tickets
                     Enabling  this flag means that the KDC will issue tickets
                     for this principal.  Disabling this flag essentially  de-
                     activates the principal within this realm.

              dup-skey
                     Enabling  this  flag allows the KDC to issue user-to-user
                     service tickets for this principal.

              forwardable
                     Enabling this flag allows the principal  to  obtain  for-
                     wardable tickets.

              hwauth If  this  flag is enabled, then the principal is required
                     to preauthenticate using a hardware device before receiv-
                     ing any tickets.

              no-auth-data-required
                     Enabling  this  flag  prevents  PAC or AD-SIGNEDPATH data
                     from being added to service tickets for the principal.

              ok-as-delegate
                     If this flag is enabled, it hints the client that creden-
                     tials  can and should be delegated when authenticating to
                     the service.

              ok-to-auth-as-delegate
                     Enabling this flag allows the principal  to  use  S4USelf
                     tickets.

              postdateable
                     Enabling  this  flag allows the principal to obtain post-
                     dateable tickets.

              preauth
                     If this flag is enabled on a client principal, then  that
                     principal  is  required to preauthenticate to the KDC be-
                     fore receiving any tickets.  On a service principal,  en-
                     abling  this  flag  means  that  service tickets for this
                     principal will only be issued to clients with a TGT  that
                     has the preauthenticated bit set.

              proxiable
                     Enabling  this  flag allows the principal to obtain proxy
                     tickets.

              pwchange
                     Enabling this flag forces  a  password  change  for  this
                     principal.

              pwservice
                     If  this  flag  is  enabled, it marks this principal as a
                     password change service.  This should  only  be  used  in
                     special  cases, for example, if a user's password has ex-
                     pired, then the user has to get tickets for that  princi-
                     pal without going through the normal password authentica-
                     tion in order to be able to change the password.

              renewable
                     Enabling this flag allows the principal to obtain  renew-
                     able tickets.

              service
                     Enabling  this  flag  allows the the KDC to issue service
                     tickets for this principal.  In release 1.17  and  later,
                     user-to-user  service  tickets  are  still allowed if the
                     dup-skey flag is set.

              tgt-based
                     Enabling this flag allows a principal to  obtain  tickets
                     based  on a ticket-granting-ticket, rather than repeating
                     the authentication process that was used  to  obtain  the
                     TGT.

       dict_file
              (String.)   Location  of  the dictionary file containing strings
              that are not allowed as passwords.  The file should contain  one
              string  per  line,  with  no  additional whitespace.  If none is
              specified or if there is no policy assigned to the principal, no
              dictionary checks of passwords will be performed.

       disable_pac
              (Boolean  value.)  If true, the KDC will not issue PACs for this
              realm, and S4U2Self and S4U2Proxy operations will  be  disabled.
              The  default  is false, which will permit the KDC to issue PACs.
              New in release 1.20.

       encrypted_challenge_indicator
              (String.)  Specifies the authentication indicator value that the
              KDC asserts into tickets obtained using FAST encrypted challenge
              pre-authentication.  New in 1.16.

       host_based_services
              (Whitespace- or comma-separated  list.)   Lists  services  which
              will get host-based referral processing even if the server prin-
              cipal is not marked as host-based by the client.

       iprop_enable
              (Boolean value.)  Specifies whether incremental database  propa-
              gation is enabled.  The default value is false.

       iprop_ulogsize
              (Integer.)   Specifies  the  maximum number of log entries to be
              retained for incremental  propagation.   The  default  value  is
              1000.   Prior  to release 1.11, the maximum value was 2500.  New
              in release 1.19.

       iprop_master_ulogsize
              The name for iprop_ulogsize prior to release 1.19.  Its value is
              used as a fallback if iprop_ulogsize is not specified.

       iprop_replica_poll
              (Delta  time string.)  Specifies how often the replica KDC polls
              for new updates from the primary.  The default value is 2m (that
              is, two minutes).  New in release 1.17.

       iprop_slave_poll
              (Delta  time  string.)  The name for iprop_replica_poll prior to
              release  1.17.   Its  value   is   used   as   a   fallback   if
              iprop_replica_poll is not specified.

       iprop_listen
              (Whitespace-  or comma-separated list.)  Specifies the iprop RPC
              listening addresses and/or  ports  for  the  kadmind(8)  daemon.
              Each entry may be an interface address, a port number, or an ad-
              dress and port number separated by a colon.  If the address con-
              tains  colons,  enclose it in square brackets.  If no address is
              specified, the wildcard address is used.  If  kadmind  fails  to
              bind  to  any of the specified addresses, it will fail to start.
              The default (when iprop_enable is true) is to bind to the  wild-
              card  address  at  the port specified in iprop_port.  New in re-
              lease 1.15.

       iprop_port
              (Port number.)  Specifies the port number to be used for  incre-
              mental propagation.  When iprop_enable is true, this relation is
              required in the replica KDC configuration file, and  this  rela-
              tion  or  iprop_listen  is required in the primary configuration
              file, as there is no default port number.  Port  numbers  speci-
              fied  in iprop_listen entries will override this port number for
              the kadmind(8) daemon.

       iprop_resync_timeout
              (Delta time string.)  Specifies the amount of time to wait for a
              full propagation to complete.  This is optional in configuration
              files, and is used by replica KDCs only.  The default value is 5
              minutes (5m).  New in release 1.11.

       iprop_logfile
              (File  name.)  Specifies where the update log file for the realm
              database is to be stored.  The  default  is  to  use  the  data-
              base_name entry from the realms section of the krb5 config file,
              with .ulog appended.  (NOTE: If database_name isn't specified in
              the  realms  section, perhaps because the LDAP database back end
              is being used, or the file name is specified in the  [dbmodules]
              section,  then the hard-coded default for database_name is used.
              Determination of the iprop_logfile default value  will  not  use
              values from the [dbmodules] section.)

       kadmind_listen
              (Whitespace- or comma-separated list.)  Specifies the kadmin RPC
              listening addresses and/or  ports  for  the  kadmind(8)  daemon.
              Each entry may be an interface address, a port number, or an ad-
              dress and port number separated by a colon.  If the address con-
              tains  colons,  enclose it in square brackets.  If no address is
              specified, the wildcard address is used.  If  kadmind  fails  to
              bind  to  any of the specified addresses, it will fail to start.
              The default is to bind to the wildcard address at the port spec-
              ified  in  kadmind_port, or the standard kadmin port (749).  New
              in release 1.15.

       kadmind_port
              (Port number.)  Specifies the port on which the kadmind(8)  dae-
              mon is to listen for this realm.  Port numbers specified in kad-
              mind_listen entries will override this  port  number.   The  as-
              signed port for kadmind is 749, which is used by default.

       key_stash_file
              (String.)   Specifies the location where the master key has been
              stored (via kdb5_util  stash).   The  default  is  /var/lib/ker-
              beros/krb5kdc/.k5.REALM, where REALM is the Kerberos realm.

       kdc_listen
              (Whitespace-  or  comma-separated list.)  Specifies the UDP lis-
              tening addresses and/or ports for the krb5kdc(8)  daemon.   Each
              entry  may be an interface address, a port number, or an address
              and port number separated by a colon.  If the  address  contains
              colons,  enclose it in square brackets.  If no address is speci-
              fied, the wildcard address is used.  If no  port  is  specified,
              the standard port (88) is used.  If the KDC daemon fails to bind
              to any of the specified addresses, it will fail to  start.   The
              default is to bind to the wildcard address on the standard port.
              New in release 1.15.

       kdc_ports
              (Whitespace- or comma-separated list, deprecated.)  Prior to re-
              lease  1.15,  this  relation  lists the ports for the krb5kdc(8)
              daemon to listen on for  UDP  requests.   In  release  1.15  and
              later, it has the same meaning as kdc_listen if that relation is
              not defined.

       kdc_tcp_listen
              (Whitespace- or comma-separated list.)  Specifies the  TCP  lis-
              tening  addresses  and/or ports for the krb5kdc(8) daemon.  Each
              entry may be an interface address, a port number, or an  address
              and  port  number separated by a colon.  If the address contains
              colons, enclose it in square brackets.  If no address is  speci-
              fied,  the  wildcard  address is used.  If no port is specified,
              the standard port (88) is used.  To disable  listening  on  TCP,
              set  this relation to the empty string with kdc_tcp_listen = "".
              If the KDC daemon fails to bind to  any  of  the  specified  ad-
              dresses,  it  will fail to start.  The default is to bind to the
              wildcard address on the standard port.  New in release 1.15.

       kdc_tcp_ports
              (Whitespace- or comma-separated list, deprecated.)  Prior to re-
              lease  1.15,  this  relation  lists the ports for the krb5kdc(8)
              daemon to listen on for  UDP  requests.   In  release  1.15  and
              later,  it  has the same meaning as kdc_tcp_listen if that rela-
              tion is not defined.

       kpasswd_listen
              (Comma-separated list.)  Specifies  the  kpasswd  listening  ad-
              dresses  and/or ports for the kadmind(8) daemon.  Each entry may
              be an interface address, a port number, or an address  and  port
              number  separated  by  a colon.  If the address contains colons,
              enclose it in square brackets.  If no address is specified,  the
              wildcard  address  is  used.  If kadmind fails to bind to any of
              the specified addresses, it will fail to start.  The default  is
              to  bind  to  the  wildcard  address  at  the  port specified in
              kpasswd_port, or the standard kpasswd port (464).   New  in  re-
              lease 1.15.

       kpasswd_port
              (Port  number.)  Specifies the port on which the kadmind(8) dae-
              mon is to listen for password change requests  for  this  realm.
              Port  numbers  specified in kpasswd_listen entries will override
              this port number.  The assigned port  for  password  change  re-
              quests is 464, which is used by default.

       master_key_name
              (String.)   Specifies  the name of the principal associated with
              the master key.  The default is K/M.

       master_key_type
              (Key type string.)  Specifies the master key's  key  type.   The
              default  value  for this is aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96.  For a list
              of all possible values, see Encryption types.

       max_life
              (duration string.)  Specifies the maximum time period for  which
              a  ticket  may  be valid in this realm.  The default value is 24
              hours.

       max_renewable_life
              (duration string.)  Specifies the  maximum  time  period  during
              which  a valid ticket may be renewed in this realm.  The default
              value is 0.

       no_host_referral
              (Whitespace- or comma-separated list.)  Lists services to  block
              from  getting host-based referral processing, even if the client
              marks the server principal as host-based or the service is  also
              listed  in  host_based_services.  no_host_referral = * will dis-
              able referral processing altogether.

       reject_bad_transit
              (Boolean value.)  If set to true, the KDC will check the list of
              transited  realms  for  cross-realm  tickets against the transit
              path computed from the realm names and the  capaths  section  of
              its  krb5.conf(5)  file;  if the path in the ticket to be issued
              contains any realms not in the computed path,  the  ticket  will
              not  be  issued, and an error will be returned to the client in-
              stead.  If this value is set to false, such tickets will be  is-
              sued  anyways,  and it will be left up to the application server
              to validate the realm transit path.

              If the disable-transited-check flag is set in the  incoming  re-
              quest,  this  check  is  not  performed  at all.  Having the re-
              ject_bad_transit option will cause such ticket  requests  to  be
              rejected always.

              This  transit path checking and config file option currently ap-
              ply only to TGS requests.

              The default value is true.

       restrict_anonymous_to_tgt
              (Boolean value.)  If set to true, the KDC will reject ticket re-
              quests  from  anonymous  principals  to service principals other
              than the realm's ticket-granting service.   This  option  allows
              anonymous  PKINIT  to  be  enabled for use as FAST armor tickets
              without allowing anonymous authentication to services.  The  de-
              fault value is false.  New in release 1.9.

       spake_preauth_indicator
              (String.)   Specifies an authentication indicator value that the
              KDC asserts into tickets obtained  using  SPAKE  pre-authentica-
              tion.   The  default  is not to add any indicators.  This option
              may be specified multiple times.  New in release 1.17.

       supported_enctypes
              (List of key:salt strings.)  Specifies the default key/salt com-
              binations  of principals for this realm.  Any principals created
              through kadmin(1) will have keys of these  types.   The  default
              value    for    this   tag   is   aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96:normal
              aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96:normal.  For lists of  possible  values,
              see Keysalt lists.

   [dbdefaults]
       The [dbdefaults] section specifies default values for some database pa-
       rameters, to be used if the [dbmodules] subsection does not  contain  a
       relation  for the tag.  See the [dbmodules] section for the definitions
       of these relations.

       o ldap_kerberos_container_dn

       o ldap_kdc_dn

       o ldap_kdc_sasl_authcid

       o ldap_kdc_sasl_authzid

       o ldap_kdc_sasl_mech

       o ldap_kdc_sasl_realm

       o ldap_kadmind_dn

       o ldap_kadmind_sasl_authcid

       o ldap_kadmind_sasl_authzid

       o ldap_kadmind_sasl_mech

       o ldap_kadmind_sasl_realm

       o ldap_service_password_file

       o ldap_conns_per_server

   [dbmodules]
       The [dbmodules] section contains parameters used by  the  KDC  database
       library  and  database modules.  Each tag in the [dbmodules] section is
       the name of a Kerberos realm or a section name specified by  a  realm's
       database_module  parameter.   The following example shows how to define
       one database parameter for the ATHENA.MIT.EDU realm:

          [dbmodules]
              ATHENA.MIT.EDU = {
                  disable_last_success = true
              }

       The following tags may be specified in a [dbmodules] subsection:

       database_name
              This DB2-specific tag indicates the location of the database  in
              the  filesystem.  The default is /var/lib/kerberos/krb5kdc/prin-
              cipal.

       db_library
              This tag indicates the name of  the  loadable  database  module.
              The value should be db2 for the DB2 module or kldap for the LDAP
              module.

       disable_last_success
              If set to true, suppresses KDC updates to the  "Last  successful
              authentication"  field of principal entries requiring preauthen-
              tication.  Setting this flag may improve performance.   (Princi-
              pal  entries which do not require preauthentication never update
              the "Last successful authentication" field.).  First  introduced
              in release 1.9.

       disable_lockout
              If  set  to true, suppresses KDC updates to the "Last failed au-
              thentication" and "Failed password attempts" fields of principal
              entries  requiring preauthentication.  Setting this flag may im-
              prove performance, but also disables account lockout.  First in-
              troduced in release 1.9.

       ldap_conns_per_server
              This LDAP-specific tag indicates the number of connections to be
              maintained per LDAP server.

       ldap_kdc_dn and ldap_kadmind_dn
              These LDAP-specific tags indicate the default DN for binding  to
              the  LDAP server.  The krb5kdc(8) daemon uses ldap_kdc_dn, while
              the kadmind(8) daemon  and  other  administrative  programs  use
              ldap_kadmind_dn.   The  kadmind  DN must have the rights to read
              and write the Kerberos data in the LDAP database.   The  KDC  DN
              must  have  the  same  rights,  unless  disable_lockout and dis-
              able_last_success are true, in which case it only needs to  have
              rights  to  read the Kerberos data.  These tags are ignored if a
              SASL mechanism  is  set  with  ldap_kdc_sasl_mech  or  ldap_kad-
              mind_sasl_mech.

       ldap_kdc_sasl_mech and ldap_kadmind_sasl_mech
              These LDAP-specific tags specify the SASL mechanism (such as EX-
              TERNAL) to use when binding to the LDAP server.  New in  release
              1.13.

       ldap_kdc_sasl_authcid and ldap_kadmind_sasl_authcid
              These  LDAP-specific  tags specify the SASL authentication iden-
              tity to use when binding to the LDAP server.  Not all SASL mech-
              anisms  require  an authentication identity.  If the SASL mecha-
              nism requires a secret (such as the  password  for  DIGEST-MD5),
              these tags also determine the name within the ldap_service_pass-
              word_file where the secret is stashed.  New in release 1.13.

       ldap_kdc_sasl_authzid and ldap_kadmind_sasl_authzid
              These LDAP-specific tags specify the SASL authorization identity
              to  use  when binding to the LDAP server.  In most circumstances
              they do not need to be specified.  New in release 1.13.

       ldap_kdc_sasl_realm and ldap_kadmind_sasl_realm
              These LDAP-specific tags specify the  SASL  realm  to  use  when
              binding  to  the LDAP server.  In most circumstances they do not
              need to be set.  New in release 1.13.

       ldap_kerberos_container_dn
              This LDAP-specific tag indicates the DN of the container  object
              where the realm objects will be located.

       ldap_servers
              This  LDAP-specific  tag indicates the list of LDAP servers that
              the Kerberos servers can connect to.  The list of  LDAP  servers
              is whitespace-separated.  The LDAP server is specified by a LDAP
              URI.  It is recommended to use ldapi: or ldaps: URLs to  connect
              to the LDAP server.

       ldap_service_password_file
              This LDAP-specific tag indicates the file containing the stashed
              passwords  (created  by  kdb5_ldap_util  stashsrvpw)   for   the
              ldap_kdc_dn    and   ldap_kadmind_dn   objects,   or   for   the
              ldap_kdc_sasl_authcid  or  ldap_kadmind_sasl_authcid  names  for
              SASL authentication.  This file must be kept secure.

       unlockiter
              If  set  to  true, this DB2-specific tag causes iteration opera-
              tions to release the database lock while processing each princi-
              pal.  Setting this flag to true can prevent extended blocking of
              KDC or kadmin operations when dumps of large  databases  are  in
              progress.  First introduced in release 1.13.

       The  following tag may be specified directly in the [dbmodules] section
       to control where database modules are loaded from:

       db_module_dir
              This tag controls where the plugin  system  looks  for  database
              modules.  The value should be an absolute path.

   [logging]
       The  [logging]  section indicates how krb5kdc(8) and kadmind(8) perform
       logging.  It may contain the following relations:

       admin_server
              Specifies how kadmind(8) performs logging.

       kdc    Specifies how krb5kdc(8) performs logging.

       default
              Specifies how either daemon performs logging in the  absence  of
              relations specific to the daemon.

       debug  (Boolean  value.)   Specifies whether debugging messages are in-
              cluded in log outputs other than SYSLOG.  Debugging messages are
              always included in the system log output because syslog performs
              its own priority filtering.  The default value is false.  New in
              release 1.15.

       Logging specifications may have the following forms:

       FILE=filename or FILE:filename
              This  value  causes  the  daemon's logging messages to go to the
              filename.  If the = form is used, the file is  overwritten.   If
              the : form is used, the file is appended to.

       STDERR This  value  causes  the  daemon's logging messages to go to its
              standard error stream.

       CONSOLE
              This value causes the daemon's logging messages  to  go  to  the
              console, if the system supports it.

       DEVICE=<devicename>
              This causes the daemon's logging messages to go to the specified
              device.

       SYSLOG[:severity[:facility]]
              This causes the daemon's logging messages to go  to  the  system
              log.

              For  backward  compatibility,  a severity argument may be speci-
              fied, and must be specified in  order  to  specify  a  facility.
              This argument will be ignored.

              The  facility  argument  specifies  the facility under which the
              messages are logged.  This may be any of the  following  facili-
              ties  supported  by  the  syslog(3)  call minus the LOG_ prefix:
              KERN, USER, MAIL, DAEMON, AUTH, LPR, NEWS, UUCP, CRON,  and  LO-
              CAL0  through  LOCAL7.  If no facility is specified, the default
              is AUTH.

       In the following example, the logging messages from the KDC will go  to
       the  console  and  to the system log under the facility LOG_DAEMON, and
       the logging messages from the administrative server will be appended to
       the file /var/adm/kadmin.log and sent to the device /dev/tty04.

          [logging]
              kdc = CONSOLE
              kdc = SYSLOG:INFO:DAEMON
              admin_server = FILE:/var/adm/kadmin.log
              admin_server = DEVICE=/dev/tty04

       If no logging specification is given, the default is to use syslog.  To
       disable logging entirely, specify default = DEVICE=/dev/null.

   [otp]
       Each subsection of [otp] is the name of an OTP token  type.   The  tags
       within  the  subsection  define the configuration required to forward a
       One Time Password request to a RADIUS server.

       For each token type, the following tags may be specified:

       server This is the server to send the RADIUS request to.  It can  be  a
              hostname  with  optional port, an ip address with optional port,
              or a Unix domain socket address.  The default  is  /var/lib/ker-
              beros/krb5kdc/<name>.socket.

       secret This  tag  indicates  a  filename  (which  may  be  relative  to
              /var/lib/kerberos/krb5kdc) containing the secret used to encrypt
              the  RADIUS packets.  The secret should appear in the first line
              of the file by itself; leading and trailing  whitespace  on  the
              line  will  be removed.  If the value of server is a Unix domain
              socket address, this tag is optional, and an empty  secret  will
              be  used  if  it  is  not specified.  Otherwise, this tag is re-
              quired.

       timeout
              An integer which specifies the time in seconds during which  the
              KDC  should  attempt  to contact the RADIUS server.  This tag is
              the total time across all retries and should be  less  than  the
              time  which  an  OTP  value remains valid for.  The default is 5
              seconds.

       retries
              This tag specifies the number of retries to make to  the  RADIUS
              server.  The default is 3 retries (4 tries).

       strip_realm
              If  this  tag  is  true, the principal without the realm will be
              passed to the RADIUS server.  Otherwise, the realm will  be  in-
              cluded.  The default value is true.

       indicator
              This tag specifies an authentication indicator to be included in
              the ticket if this token type is used to authenticate.  This op-
              tion may be specified multiple times.  (New in release 1.14.)

       In the following example, requests are sent to a remote server via UDP:

          [otp]
              MyRemoteTokenType = {
                  server = radius.mydomain.com:1812
                  secret = SEmfiajf42$
                  timeout = 15
                  retries = 5
                  strip_realm = true
              }

       An  implicit  default  token type named DEFAULT is defined for when the
       per-principal configuration does not specify a token type.  Its config-
       uration  is shown below.  You may override this token type to something
       applicable for your situation:

          [otp]
              DEFAULT = {
                  strip_realm = false
              }

PKINIT OPTIONS
       NOTE:
          The following are pkinit-specific  options.   These  values  may  be
          specified   in   [kdcdefaults]  as  global  defaults,  or  within  a
          realm-specific subsection of [realms].  Also note that a  realm-spe-
          cific  value  over-rides,  does  not add to, a generic [kdcdefaults]
          specification.  The search order is:

       1. realm-specific subsection of [realms]:

             [realms]
                 EXAMPLE.COM = {
                     pkinit_anchors = FILE:/usr/local/example.com.crt
                 }

       2. generic value in the [kdcdefaults] section:

             [kdcdefaults]
                 pkinit_anchors = DIR:/usr/local/generic_trusted_cas/

       For information about the syntax of some of these options, see Specify-
       ing PKINIT identity information in krb5.conf(5).

       pkinit_anchors
              Specifies  the  location  of  trusted anchor (root) certificates
              which the KDC trusts to sign client certificates.   This  option
              is  required  if pkinit is to be supported by the KDC.  This op-
              tion may be specified multiple times.

       pkinit_dh_min_bits
              Specifies the minimum number of bits the KDC is willing  to  ac-
              cept for a client's Diffie-Hellman key.  The default is 2048.

       pkinit_allow_upn
              Specifies  that the KDC is willing to accept client certificates
              with the Microsoft UserPrincipalName (UPN)  Subject  Alternative
              Name  (SAN).   This means the KDC accepts the binding of the UPN
              in the certificate to the Kerberos principal name.  The  default
              value is false.

              Without  this option, the KDC will only accept certificates with
              the id-pkinit-san as defined in RFC 4556.  There is currently no
              option to disable SAN checking in the KDC.

       pkinit_eku_checking
              This  option  specifies what Extended Key Usage (EKU) values the
              KDC is willing to accept in  client  certificates.   The  values
              recognized in the kdc.conf file are:

              kpClientAuth
                     This  is the default value and specifies that client cer-
                     tificates must have the id-pkinit-KPClientAuth EKU as de-
                     fined in RFC 4556.

              scLogin
                     If scLogin is specified, client certificates with the Mi-
                     crosoft Smart Card Login EKU (id-ms-kp-sc-logon) will  be
                     accepted.

              none   If  none  is specified, then client certificates will not
                     be checked to verify they have an  acceptable  EKU.   The
                     use of this option is not recommended.

       pkinit_identity
              Specifies  the location of the KDC's X.509 identity information.
              This option is required if pkinit is to be supported by the KDC.

       pkinit_indicator
              Specifies an authentication indicator to include in  the  ticket
              if pkinit is used to authenticate.  This option may be specified
              multiple times.  (New in release 1.14.)

       pkinit_pool
              Specifies the location of intermediate certificates which may be
              used  by  the KDC to complete the trust chain between a client's
              certificate and a trusted anchor.  This option may be  specified
              multiple times.

       pkinit_revoke
              Specifies  the location of Certificate Revocation List (CRL) in-
              formation to be used by the KDC when verifying the  validity  of
              client  certificates.   This  option  may  be specified multiple
              times.

       pkinit_require_crl_checking
              The default certificate verification process will  always  check
              the available revocation information to see if a certificate has
              been revoked.  If a match is found for the certificate in a CRL,
              verification  fails.   If  the certificate being verified is not
              listed in a CRL, or there is no CRL present for its issuing  CA,
              and pkinit_require_crl_checking is false, then verification suc-
              ceeds.

              However, if pkinit_require_crl_checking is true and there is  no
              CRL  information available for the issuing CA, then verification
              fails.

              pkinit_require_crl_checking should be set to true if the  policy
              is such that up-to-date CRLs must be present for every CA.

       pkinit_require_freshness
              Specifies  whether to require clients to include a freshness to-
              ken in PKINIT requests.  The default value is  false.   (New  in
              release 1.17.)

ENCRYPTION TYPES
       Any  tag in the configuration files which requires a list of encryption
       types can be set to some combination of the following strings.  Encryp-
       tion types marked as "weak" and "deprecated" are available for compati-
       bility but not recommended for use.

             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |des3-cbc-raw               | Triple DES  cbc  mode  raw  |
             |                           | (weak)                      |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |des3-cbc-sha1              | Triple  DES  cbc mode with  |
             |des3-hmac-sha1             | HMAC/sha1 (deprecated)      |
             |des3-cbc-sha1-kd           |                             |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96    | AES-256   CTS   mode  with  |
             |aes256-cts aes256-sha1     | 96-bit SHA-1 HMAC           |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96    | AES-128   CTS   mode  with  |
             |aes128-cts aes128-sha1     | 96-bit SHA-1 HMAC           |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |aes256-cts-hmac-sha384-192 | AES-256   CTS   mode  with  |
             |aes256-sha2                | 192-bit SHA-384 HMAC        |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |aes128-cts-hmac-sha256-128 | AES-128   CTS   mode  with  |
             |aes128-sha2                | 128-bit SHA-256 HMAC        |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |arcfour-hmac rc4-hmac arc- | RC4  with HMAC/MD5 (depre-  |
             |four-hmac-md5              | cated)                      |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |arcfour-hmac-exp           | Exportable    RC4     with  |
             |rc4-hmac-exp          arc- | HMAC/MD5 (weak)             |
             |four-hmac-md5-exp          |                             |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |camellia256-cts-cmac       | Camellia-256 CTS mode with  |
             |camellia256-cts            | CMAC                        |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |camellia128-cts-cmac       | Camellia-128 CTS mode with  |
             |camellia128-cts            | CMAC                        |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |des3                       | The   triple  DES  family:  |
             |                           | des3-cbc-sha1               |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |aes                        | The      AES       family:  |
             |                           | aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96,    |
             |                           | aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96,    |
             |                           | aes256-cts-hmac-sha384-192, |
             |                           | and                         |
             |                           | aes128-cts-hmac-sha256-128  |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |rc4                        | The    RC4   family:   arc- |
             |                           | four-hmac                   |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+
             |camellia                   | The Camellia family: camel- |
             |                           | lia256-cts-cmac  and camel- |
             |                           | lia128-cts-cmac             |
             +---------------------------+-----------------------------+

       The string DEFAULT can be used to refer to the default set of types for
       the  variable  in  question.  Types or families can be removed from the
       current list by prefixing them with a minus sign ("-").  Types or fami-
       lies  can  be  prefixed with a plus sign ("+") for symmetry; it has the
       same meaning as just listing the type or family.  For example, "DEFAULT
       -rc4"  would  be the default set of encryption types with RC4 types re-
       moved, and "des3 DEFAULT" would be the default set of encryption  types
       with triple DES types moved to the front.

       While  aes128-cts  and aes256-cts are supported for all Kerberos opera-
       tions, they are not supported by very old versions of our GSSAPI imple-
       mentation  (krb5-1.3.1 and earlier).  Services running versions of krb5
       without AES support must not be given keys of these encryption types in
       the KDC database.

       The  aes128-sha2  and  aes256-sha2  encryption types are new in release
       1.15.  Services running versions of  krb5  without  support  for  these
       newer encryption types must not be given keys of these encryption types
       in the KDC database.

KEYSALT LISTS
       Kerberos keys for users are usually derived from  passwords.   Kerberos
       commands  and  configuration  parameters that affect generation of keys
       take lists of enctype-salttype  ("keysalt")  pairs,  known  as  keysalt
       lists.   Each  keysalt  pair  is an enctype name followed by a salttype
       name, in the format enc:salt.  Individual keysalt list members are sep-
       arated by comma (",") characters or space characters.  For example:

          kadmin -e aes256-cts:normal,aes128-cts:normal

       would start up kadmin so that by default it would generate password-de-
       rived keys for the aes256-cts and aes128-cts encryption types, using  a
       normal salt.

       To  ensure that people who happen to pick the same password do not have
       the same key, Kerberos 5 incorporates more information into the key us-
       ing something called a salt.  The supported salt types are as follows:

                      +----------+----------------------------+
                      |normal    | default  for Kerberos Ver- |
                      |          | sion 5                     |
                      +----------+----------------------------+
                      |norealm   | same as the default, with- |
                      |          | out  using  realm informa- |
                      |          | tion                       |
                      +----------+----------------------------+
                      |onlyrealm | uses only  realm  informa- |
                      |          | tion as the salt           |
                      +----------+----------------------------+
                      |special   | generate a random salt     |
                      +----------+----------------------------+

SAMPLE KDC.CONF FILE
       Here's an example of a kdc.conf file:

          [kdcdefaults]
              kdc_listen = 88
              kdc_tcp_listen = 88
          [realms]
              ATHENA.MIT.EDU = {
                  kadmind_port = 749
                  max_life = 12h 0m 0s
                  max_renewable_life = 7d 0h 0m 0s
                  master_key_type = aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96
                  supported_enctypes = aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96:normal aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96:normal
                  database_module = openldap_ldapconf
              }

          [logging]
              kdc = FILE:/usr/local/var/krb5kdc/kdc.log
              admin_server = FILE:/usr/local/var/krb5kdc/kadmin.log

          [dbdefaults]
              ldap_kerberos_container_dn = cn=krbcontainer,dc=mit,dc=edu

          [dbmodules]
              openldap_ldapconf = {
                  db_library = kldap
                  disable_last_success = true
                  ldap_kdc_dn = "cn=krbadmin,dc=mit,dc=edu"
                      # this object needs to have read rights on
                      # the realm container and principal subtrees
                  ldap_kadmind_dn = "cn=krbadmin,dc=mit,dc=edu"
                      # this object needs to have read and write rights on
                      # the realm container and principal subtrees
                  ldap_service_password_file = /etc/kerberos/service.keyfile
                  ldap_servers = ldaps://kerberos.mit.edu
                  ldap_conns_per_server = 5
              }

FILES
       /var/lib/kerberos/krb5kdc/kdc.conf

SEE ALSO
       krb5.conf(5), krb5kdc(8), kadm5.acl(5)

AUTHOR
       MIT

COPYRIGHT
       1985-2022, MIT

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