When parsing a KDC or admin server string, allow the name or address

to be enclosed in brackets so that IPv6 addresses can be represented.
(IPv6 addresses contain colons, which look like port separators.)

ticket:	6562

git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/trunk@24055 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/admin.texinfo b/doc/admin.texinfo
index 7d2e797187..ad122a7eba 100644
--- a/doc/admin.texinfo
+++ b/doc/admin.texinfo
@@ -680,12 +680,14 @@ tags may be specified in the realm's subsection:
 
 @table @b
 @itemx kdc
-The name of a host running a KDC for that realm.  An optional port
-number (separated from the hostname by a colon) may be included.  For
-your computer to be able to communicate with the KDC for each realm,
-this tag must be given a value in each realm subsection in the
-configuration file, or there must be DNS SRV records specifying the
-KDCs (see @ref{Using DNS}).
+The name or address of a host running a KDC for that realm.  An optional
+port number, separated from the hostname by a colon, may be included.
+If the name or address contains colons (for example, if it is an IPv6
+address), enclose it in square brackets to distinguish the colon from a
+port separator.  For your computer to be able to communicate with the
+KDC for each realm, this tag must be given a value in each realm
+subsection in the configuration file, or there must be DNS SRV records
+specifying the KDCs (see @ref{Using DNS}).
 
 @itemx master_kdc
 Identifies the master KDC(s).  Currently, this tag is used in only one