VERIFY_KRB5_CONF(8)     OpenBSD System Manager's Manual    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 giv-
     en on the command line, and parses it, thereby verifying that the syntax
     is correct.

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

ENVIRONMENT
     KRB5_CONFIG points to the configuration file to read.

FILES
     /etc/kerberosV/krb5.conf  Kerberos 5 configuration file

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, 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 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 unknown to verify_krb5_conf.

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 watertight verification process. Most of the de-
     fault 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                       December 8, 2004                              1
