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VERIFY_KRB5_CONF(8)	     System Manager's Manual	     VERIFY_KRB5_CONF(8)

NAME
     verify_krb5_conf -- checks krb5.conf for obvious errors

SYNOPSIS
     verify_krb5_conf [config-file]

DESCRIPTION
     verify_krb5_conf  reads the configuration file krb5.conf, or the file given
     on the command line, parses it, checking verifying that the syntax  is  not
     correctly wrong.

     If the file is syntactically correct, verify_krb5_conf tries to verify that
     the contents of the file is of relevant nature.

ENVIRONMENT
     KRB5_CONFIG points to the configuration file to read.

FILES
     /etc/krb5.conf  Kerberos 5 configuration file

DIAGNOSTICS
     Possible output from verify_krb5_conf include:

     <path>: failed to parse <something> as size/time/number/boolean
	     Usually  means  that <something> is misspelled, or that it contains
	     weird characters. The parsing  done  by  verify_krb5_conf	is  more
	     strict  than  the one performed by libkrb5, so strings that work in
	     real life might be reported as bad.

     <path>: host not found (<hostname>)
	     Means that <path> is supposed to point to a host, but it  can't  be
	     recognised as one.

     <path>: unknown or wrong type
	     Means that <path> is either a string when it should be a list, vice
	     versa, or just that verify_krb5_conf is confused.

     <path>: unknown entry
	     Means that <string> is not known by verify_krb5_conf.

SEE ALSO
     krb5.conf(5)

BUGS
     Since  each  application  can  put almost anything in the config file, it's
     hard to come up with a watertight verification process. Most of the default
     settings are sanity checked, but this does not mean that every  problem  is
     discovered, or that everything that is reported as a possible problem actu-
     ally is one. This tool should thus be used with some care.

     It should warn about obsolete data, or bad practice, but currently doesn't.

HEIMDAL 			December 8, 2004	     VERIFY_KRB5_CONF(8)

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