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authorJon Rochlis <jon@mit.edu>1993-11-10 00:21:05 +0000
committerJon Rochlis <jon@mit.edu>1993-11-10 00:21:05 +0000
commitcfc17e83fc870fa286c2901bf3f5645439ea9479 (patch)
treefe2ecf68ae033bb7b0a369ce363f9db28f583fbb /doc
parent3fd95cd89f2517e5a5715bef091582023af82ba6 (diff)
add location of dictionary, update local init ..
git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/trunk@2847 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970
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diff --git a/doc/kadm5/api-funcspec.tex b/doc/kadm5/api-funcspec.tex
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+++ b/doc/kadm5/api-funcspec.tex
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ location definitions:
\item[admin history key] HIST_PRINCIPAL (``ovsec_kadm/history'')
\item[change password principal] CHANGEPW_PRINCIPAL (``ovsec_kadm/changepw'')
\item[server acl file path] ACLFILE (``/krb5/ovsec_admin.acl'')
+\item[dictionary] WORDFILE (``/krb5/ovsec_adm_dict'')
\end{description}
OVSEC_KADM errors are described in $<$ovsec_admin/kadm_err.h$>$.
@@ -573,11 +574,24 @@ the tty) for a password.
using the just-acquired Kerberos ticket.
\end{enumerate}
-For local clients, the semantics are:
+Local clients, running on the KDC, may be useful. For now this is will
+most likely be used for testing, but could in the future be the basis
+for a command-line system that works both remotely and on the KDC
+machine. If ovsec_kadm_init is invoked locally its semantics are:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Initializes all the com_err error tables used by the Admin
system.
+
+\item Initializes direct access to the KDC database. Assumes the
+master key is in /.k5.REALM-NAME
+
+\item Initializes the dictionary (if present) for dictionary checks.
+
+\item Initializes the modified-by principal to be the client_name.
+This should usually be the name of the program.
+
+\item Only the client_name and realm arguments are used.
\end{enumerate}
RETURN CODES: