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| author | Ken Raeburn <raeburn@mit.edu> | 2003-07-25 20:43:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Ken Raeburn <raeburn@mit.edu> | 2003-07-25 20:43:58 +0000 |
| commit | cfef93ef5cd92b4dc635ef83b5f809038571cbbe (patch) | |
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* admin.texinfo (realms (krb5.conf)): Add description of master_kdc tag.
(Sample krb5.conf File): Add it to the example.
ticket: 1692
tags: pullup
git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/trunk@15737 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970
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diff --git a/doc/admin.texinfo b/doc/admin.texinfo index 0706aa51d..ec500025f 100644 --- a/doc/admin.texinfo +++ b/doc/admin.texinfo @@ -708,6 +708,15 @@ 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 +case: If an attempt to get credentials fails because of an invalid +password, the client software will attempt to contact the master KDC, +in case the user's password has just been changed, and the updated +database has not been propagated to the slave servers yet. (We don't +currently check whether the KDC from which the initial response came +is on the master KDC list. That may be fixed in the future.) + @itemx admin_server Identifies the host where the administration server is running. Typically, this is the master Kerberos server. This tag must be given @@ -1037,6 +1046,7 @@ Here is an example of a generic @code{krb5.conf} file: kdc = @value{KDCSLAVE1}.@value{PRIMARYDOMAIN} kdc = @value{KDCSLAVE2}.@value{PRIMARYDOMAIN}:750 admin_server = @value{KDCSERVER}.@value{PRIMARYDOMAIN} + master_kdc = @value{KDCSERVER}.@value{PRIMARYDOMAIN} default_domain = @value{PRIMARYDOMAIN} @} @value{SECONDREALM} = @{ |