NAME

       winbind_krb5_locator - A plugin for MIT and Heimdal Kerberos for detecting KDCs using Windows semantics.

DESCRIPTION

       This plugin is part of the samba(7) suite.

       winbind_krb5_locator is a plugin that permits MIT and Heimdal Kerberos libraries to detect Kerberos
       Servers (for the KDC and kpasswd service) using the same semantics that other tools of the Samba suite
       use. This include site-aware DNS service record lookups and caching of closest dc. The plugin uses the
       public locator API provided by most modern Kerberos implementations.

PREREQUISITES

       MIT Kerberos (at least version 1.5) or Heimdal Kerberos (at least version 1.0) is required.

       The plugin queries the winbindd(8) daemon which needs to be configured and started separately.

       The winbind_krb5_locator.so file needs to be manually copied to the plugin directory of the system
       Kerberos library. For MIT Kerberos this is often: /usr/lib/krb5/plugins/libkrb5/. For Heimdal Kerberos
       this is often: /usr/lib/plugin/krb5/. Please check your local Kerberos installation for the correct
       paths. No modification in /etc/krb5.conf is required to enable the use of this plugin.

       After copying the locator plugin to the appropriate plugin directory it should immediately be available
       for use. Users should be able to kinit into their kerberized Windows environment without any modification
       or servers being put manually into /etc/krb5.conf.

VERSION

       This man page is part of version 4.19.5-Ubuntu of the Samba suite.

AUTHOR

       The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
       by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.

       The winbind_krb5_locator manpage was written by Guenther Deschner.