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

NAME
     iprop, ipropd-master, ipropd-slave -- propagate transactions from a Heimdal
     Kerberos master KDC to slave KDCs

SYNOPSIS
     ipropd-master [-c string | --config-file=string] [-r string |
		   --realm=string] [-k kspec | --keytab=kspec] [-d file |
		   --database=file] [--slave-stats-file=file]
		   [--time-missing=time] [--time-gone=time] [--detach]
		   [--version] [--help]
     ipropd-slave [-c string | --config-file=string] [-r string |
		   --realm=string] [-k kspec | --keytab=kspec]
		   [--time-lost=time] [--detach] [--version] [--help] master

DESCRIPTION
     ipropd-master  is	used to propagate changes to a Heimdal Kerberos database
     from the master Kerberos server on which it runs to slave Kerberos  servers
     running ipropd-slave.

     The  slaves  are  specified by the contents of the slaves file in the KDC's
     database directory, e.g. /var/heimdal/slaves.  This has principals one per-
     line of the form
	   iprop/slave@REALM
     where slave is the hostname of the slave server in the given REALM, e.g.
	   iprop/kerberos-1.example.com@EXAMPLE.COM
     On a slave, the argument master specifies the hostname of the master server
     from which to receive updates.

     In contrast to hprop(8), which sends the whole database to the slaves regu-
     larly, iprop normally sends only the changes as they happen on the  master.
     The  master keeps track of all the changes by assigning a version number to
     every transaction to the database.  The slaves know which	was  the  latest
     version  they saw, and in this way it can be determined if they are in sync
     or not.  A log of all the transactions is kept on the master.  When a slave
     is at an older version than the oldest one in the log, the  whole	database
     has to be sent.

     The  log of transactions is also used to implement a two-phase commit (with
     roll-forward for recovery) method of updating the	HDB.   Transactions  are
     first recorded in the log, then in the HDB, then the log is updated to mark
     the transaction as committed.

     The changes are propagated over a secure channel (on port 2121 by default).
     This  should normally be defined as "iprop/tcp" in /etc/services or another
     source of the services database.  The master and slaves must each have  ac-
     cess  to  a  keytab  with keys for the iprop service principal on the local
     host.

     There is a keep-alive feature logged in the master's slave-stats file (e.g.
     /var/heimdal/slave-stats).

     Supported options for ipropd-master:

     -c string, --config-file=string

     -r string, --realm=string

     -k kspec, --keytab=kspec
	     keytab to get authentication from

     -d file, --database=file
	     Database (default per KDC)

     --slave-stats-file=file
	     file for slave status information

     --time-missing=time
	     time before slave is polled for presence (default 2 min)

     --time-gone=time
	     time of inactivity after which a slave is considered gone	(default
	     5 min)

     --detach
	     detach from console

     --version

     --help

     Supported options for ipropd-slave:

     -c string, --config-file=string

     -r string, --realm=string

     -k kspec, --keytab=kspec
	     keytab to get authentication from

     --time-lost=time
	     time before server is considered lost (default 5 min)

     --detach
	     detach from console

     --version

     --help
     Time  arguments  for  the	relevant options above may be specified in forms
     like 5 min, 300 s, or simply a number of seconds.

FILES
     slaves,  slave-stats  in  the   database	directory.    ipropd-master.pid,
     ipropd-slave.pid  in  the	database directory, or in the directory named by
     the HEIM_PIDFILE_DIR environment variable.

SEE ALSO
     krb5.conf(5), hprop(8), hpropd(8), iprop-log(8), kdc(8).

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  May 24, 2005				IPROP(8)

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