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authorJohn Carr <jfc@mit.edu>1992-02-23 12:03:36 +0000
committerJohn Carr <jfc@mit.edu>1992-02-23 12:03:36 +0000
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Document -t, -K, and -v options
git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/trunk@2208 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970
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diff --git a/src/admin/convert/kdb5_convert.M b/src/admin/convert/kdb5_convert.M
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@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ option specifies the name under which the version 5 principal database is to be
created; by default the database is in DEFAULT_DBM_FILE (normally
/krb5/principal).
.PP
+If the
+.B \-t
+option is used \fIkdb5_convert\fR will create a temporary database and
+rename it into place after it is loaded so that a server using the database
+can continue running. It is an error for the target database to exist
+if this option is not used.
+.PP
The
.B \-D
.I v4dbname
@@ -111,12 +118,20 @@ The
.B \-n
option specifies that the master key for the v4 database should be
entered manually rather than fetched from the normal v4 master key file.
+The
+.B \-K
+option specifies that the master key for the v5 (new) database should
+be entered manually rather than fetched from the normal v4 master key file.
+When the
+.B \-v
+option is used, \fIkdb5_convert\fR prints the name of each principal it
+encounters in the old database and whether the principal is being copied
+to the new database or ignored.
.SH SEE ALSO
krb5(3), krb5kdc(8)
.SH BUGS
Doesn't have flexibility about expiration times. Probably doesn't
-handle any v4 inter-realm keys. Spits out names of all the entries it
-processes.
+handle any v4 inter-realm keys.
.sp
When the underlying databases are built on the old DBM (not NDBM), the
conversion must be done from a dump file rather than from a DBM