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verify_krb5_conf(8)

NAME

     verify_krb5_conf -- checks krb5.conf for obvious errors

SYNOPSIS

     verify_krb5_conf [config-file]

DESCRIPTION

     verify_krb5_conf reads the configuration file krb5.conf, or the file
     given on the command line, and parses it, thereby verifying that the syn-
     tax is not correctly wrong.

     If the file is syntactically correct, verify_krb5_conf tries to verify
     that the contents of the file is of relevant nature.

DIAGNOSTICS

     Possible output from verify_krb5_conf include:

     <path>: failed to parse <something> as size/time/number/boolean
	     Usually means that <something> is misspelled, or that it contains
	     weird characters. The parsing done by verify_krb5_conf is more
	     strict than the one performed by libkrb5, and so strings that
	     work in real life, might be reported as bad.

     <path>: host not found (<hostname>)
	     Means that <path> is supposed to point to a host, but it can't be
	     recognised as one.

     <path>: unknown or wrong type
	     Means that <path> is either is a string when it should be a list,
	     vice versa, or just that verify_krb5_conf is confused.

     <path>: unknown entry
	     Means that <string> is not known by .

ENVIRONMENT

     KRB5_CONFIG points to the configuration file to read.

FILES

     /etc/krb5.conf  Kerberos 5 configuration file

SEE ALSO

     krb5.conf(5)

BUGS

     Since each application can put almost anything in the config file, it's
     hard to come up with a water tight verification process. Most of the
     default settings are sanity checked, but this does not mean that every
     problem is discovered, or that everything that is reported as a possible
     problem actually is one. This tool should thus be used with some care.

     It should warn about obsolete data, or bad practice, but currently
     doesn't.

HEIMDAL 			August 30, 2001 		       HEIMDAL

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