Dumping the Kerberos Database

The kdb_dump utility copies the contents of the principal database to stdout or to a text file. By default, the output is displayed on the terminal using the stdout command.




	NOTE: You must be a root user to run the `kdb_dump` program.

The general syntax for dumping the Kerberos database is as follows:

kdb_dump [-f filename]

The kdb_dump utility uses the following option:

-f filename

Specifies a destination file name and path to store the output. If you do not use the -f switch, the text is sent to stdout.

-e enctype

Specifies the encryption and checksum mechanism of the primary principal. Following are the encryption types that are supported:

3DES or 5: DES-CBC-MD5 (default)
DES-MD5 or 3: DES-CBC-MD5
DES-CRC or 1: DES-CBC-CRC




	NOTE: The default, `DES3-CBC-MD5`, will be set as the encryption type if you do not specify any of the encryption types previously mentioned.

Following is an example of using kdb_dump:

shell% kdb_dump -f <filename>

Dumping the Kerberos Database

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