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 actually is one. This tool should thus be used with some care.

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

December 8, 2004 | NetBSD 11.99