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,
parses it, checking verifying that the syntax 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.
ENVIRONMENT
KRB5_CONFIG points to the configuration
file to read.
FILES
- /etc/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_confis 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_confis confused. - <path>: unknown entry
- Means that <string> is not known by
verify_krb5_conf.
SEE ALSO
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 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.