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NAME
kdc.conf - Kerberos V5 KDC configuration file
The kdc.conf file supplements krb5.conf(5) for programs which are typically 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, /etc/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 configuration 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 behavior │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│[realms] │ Realm-specific database │
│ │ configuration and settings │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│[dbdefaults] │ Default database settings │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│[dbmodules] │ Per-database settings │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│[logging] │ Controls how Kerberos daemons │
│ │ 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.
• host_based_services
• kdc_listen
• kdc_ports
• kdc_tcp_listen
• kdc_tcp_ports
• no_host_referral
• 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 possible values. The default is
not to issue an optimistic challenge. (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 parameters for that particular realm. The
following example shows how to define 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 kadmind(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 /etc/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,
default 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
/etc/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
disabled. 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 deactivates 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 forwardable tickets.
hwauth If this flag is enabled, then the principal is required to preauthenticate
using a hardware device before receiving 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 credentials 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 postdateable tickets.
preauth
If this flag is enabled on a client principal, then that principal is
required to preauthenticate to the KDC before receiving any tickets. On a
service principal, enabling 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 expired, then the user has to get tickets for that
principal without going through the normal password authentication in order
to be able to change the password.
renewable
Enabling this flag allows the principal to obtain renewable 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 principal is not marked as host-based by the
client.
iprop_enable
(Boolean value.) Specifies whether incremental database propagation 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 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 (when iprop_enable is true) is to
bind to the wildcard address at the port specified in iprop_port. New in release
1.15.
iprop_port
(Port number.) Specifies the port number to be used for incremental propagation.
When iprop_enable is true, this relation is required in the replica KDC
configuration file, and this relation or iprop_listen is required in the primary
configuration file, as there is no default port number. Port numbers specified 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 database_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 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 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) daemon is to listen for
this realm. Port numbers specified in kadmind_listen entries will override this
port number. The assigned 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 /etc/krb5kdc/.k5.REALM, where REALM is the
Kerberos realm.
kdc_listen
(Whitespace- or comma-separated list.) Specifies the UDP listening 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 specified, 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 release 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 listening 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 specified, 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
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_tcp_ports
(Whitespace- or comma-separated list, deprecated.) Prior to release 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
relation is not defined.
kpasswd_listen
(Comma-separated list.) Specifies the kpasswd listening addresses 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 release 1.15.
kpasswd_port
(Port number.) Specifies the port on which the kadmind(8) daemon 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
requests 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 disable 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 instead. If this value is set to
false, such tickets will be issued 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 request, this check is
not performed at all. Having the reject_bad_transit option will cause such ticket
requests to be rejected always.
This transit path checking and config file option currently apply only to TGS
requests.
The default value is true.
restrict_anonymous_to_tgt
(Boolean value.) If set to true, the KDC will reject ticket requests 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 default 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-authentication. 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 combinations 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 parameters, 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.
• ldap_kerberos_container_dn
• ldap_kdc_dn
• ldap_kdc_sasl_authcid
• ldap_kdc_sasl_authzid
• ldap_kdc_sasl_mech
• ldap_kdc_sasl_realm
• ldap_kadmind_dn
• ldap_kadmind_sasl_authcid
• ldap_kadmind_sasl_authzid
• ldap_kadmind_sasl_mech
• ldap_kadmind_sasl_realm
• ldap_service_password_file
• 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 /etc/krb5kdc/principal.
db_library
This tag indicates the name of the loadable database module. The value should be
db2 for the DB2 module, klmdb for the LMDB 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 preauthentication. Setting this flag may
improve performance. (Principal 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 authentication" and
"Failed password attempts" fields of principal entries requiring preauthentication.
Setting this flag may improve performance, but also disables account lockout.
First introduced 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 disable_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_kadmind_sasl_mech.
ldap_kdc_sasl_mech and ldap_kadmind_sasl_mech
These LDAP-specific tags specify the SASL mechanism (such as EXTERNAL) 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 identity to use when
binding to the LDAP server. Not all SASL mechanisms require an authentication
identity. If the SASL mechanism requires a secret (such as the password for
DIGEST-MD5), these tags also determine the name within the
ldap_service_password_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.
mapsize
This LMDB-specific tag indicates the maximum size of the two database environments
in megabytes. The default value is 128. Increase this value to address
"Environment mapsize limit reached" errors. New in release 1.17.
max_readers
This LMDB-specific tag indicates the maximum number of concurrent reading processes
for the databases. The default value is 128. New in release 1.17.
nosync This LMDB-specific tag can be set to improve the throughput of kadmind and other
administrative agents, at the expense of durability (recent database changes may
not survive a power outage or other sudden reboot). It does not affect the
throughput of the KDC. The default value is false. New in release 1.17.
unlockiter
If set to true, this DB2-specific tag causes iteration operations to release the
database lock while processing each principal. 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 included 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 specified, 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 facilities supported by the syslog(3) call minus
the LOG_ prefix: KERN, USER, MAIL, DAEMON, AUTH, LPR, NEWS, UUCP, CRON, and LOCAL0
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 /etc/krb5kdc/<name>.socket.
secret This tag indicates a filename (which may be relative to /etc/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 required.
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 included. 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 option 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 configuration 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-specific 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 Specifying 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 option may be specified multiple times.
pkinit_dh_min_bits
Specifies the minimum number of bits the KDC is willing to accept 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 certificates must have
the id-pkinit-KPClientAuth EKU as defined in RFC 4556.
scLogin
If scLogin is specified, client certificates with the Microsoft 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) information 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 succeeds.
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 token 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. Encryption types marked as "weak" and
"deprecated" are available for compatibility but not recommended for use.
┌─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┐
│des3-cbc-raw │ Triple DES cbc mode raw (weak) │
├─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│des3-cbc-sha1 des3-hmac-sha1 │ Triple DES cbc mode with │
│des3-cbc-sha1-kd │ HMAC/sha1 (deprecated) │
├─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 │ AES-256 CTS mode with 96-bit │
│aes256-cts aes256-sha1 │ SHA-1 HMAC │
├─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96 │ AES-128 CTS mode with 96-bit │
│aes128-cts aes128-sha1 │ SHA-1 HMAC │
├─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│aes256-cts-hmac-sha384-192 │ AES-256 CTS mode with 192-bit │
│aes256-sha2 │ SHA-384 HMAC │
├─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│aes128-cts-hmac-sha256-128 │ AES-128 CTS mode with 128-bit │
│aes128-sha2 │ SHA-256 HMAC │
├─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│arcfour-hmac rc4-hmac │ RC4 with HMAC/MD5 (deprecated) │
│arcfour-hmac-md5 │ │
├─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│arcfour-hmac-exp rc4-hmac-exp │ Exportable RC4 with HMAC/MD5 │
│arcfour-hmac-md5-exp │ (weak) │
├─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│camellia256-cts-cmac │ Camellia-256 CTS mode with CMAC │
│camellia256-cts │ │
├─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│camellia128-cts-cmac │ Camellia-128 CTS mode with CMAC │
│camellia128-cts │ │
├─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│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: arcfour-hmac │
├─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│camellia │ The Camellia family: │
│ │ camellia256-cts-cmac and │
│ │ camellia128-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 families 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 removed, 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 operations, they are not
supported by very old versions of our GSSAPI implementation (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 separated
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-derived 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 using something called a salt. The
supported salt types are as follows:
┌──────────┬──────────────────────────────────┐
│normal │ default for Kerberos Version 5 │
├──────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│norealm │ same as the default, without │
│ │ using realm information │
├──────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│onlyrealm │ uses only realm information 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
/etc/krb5kdc/kdc.conf
SEE ALSO
krb5.conf(5), krb5kdc(8), kadm5.acl(5)
AUTHOR
MIT
COPYRIGHT
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