1 # $FreeBSD: src/etc/kerberosIV/README,v 1.3.2.1 2000/10/06 17:36:57 alex Exp $
2 # $DragonFly: src/etc/kerberosIV/Attic/README,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:24:47 dillon Exp $
3 # @(#)README 5.1 (Berkeley) 6/30/90
5 Notes about the contents of the /etc/kerberosIV directory:
7 The file master_key contains a copy of the master key under which the
8 entire Kerberos database is encrypted. Disclosing this key would be bad
9 news. The reason it is stored in the filesystem is because the following
10 programs need to inspect or modify the kerberos database, and so the key
11 must be available for them, (or else it would have to be typed in by
13 - kerberos (the server itself)
14 - registerd (for new user registration)
15 - kpasswdd (for changing passwords)
17 The srvtab file contains the encryption keys for each service on the local
18 host. Any host offering network services would have a key here, although
19 many such files can be used.
21 The principal.* files comprise the Kerberos database itself, and contain
22 keys for all principles, and should not be world-readable.
24 The kerberos.conf file contains the configuration for this machine:
26 - which servers I should talk to for this realm
28 The kerberos.realms file contains the name of Kerberos servers for
31 Kerberos log information it placed in /var/log/kerberos.log
32 (see rc.local to change it)
34 The register_keys directory contains a set of files (all of which begin
35 with "."), each of which contains a des key used for registering new users
36 with the system. It is used only by the "registerd" program, and only on
37 a Kerberos server host.