Summary

Install the Kerberos Server. For more information on carrying out this step, refer to “Installing The Kerberos Server”.

Create and modify the configuration files /opt/krb5/krb.conf, and /opt/krb5/krb.realms. Refer to “Configuration Files For The Kerberos Server”.

Create the Database using the kdb_create command.

 # /kdb_create "Your_Realm_Name" -s

Use kadminl to add the administrative principals to the Kerberos database.

# /opt/krb5/admin/kadminl

Refer to “Add An Administrative Principal”, for more information.

Create an admin_acl_file.

Refer to “admin_acl_file” for more information.

Start the Kerberos daemons on the Primary Security Server. Edit the /etc/rc.config.d/krbsrv file to reflect the following values:

KDC = 1

ADMD = 1

Type, /sbin/init.d/krbsrv start

You can also start the kerberos daemons by typing the following commands at the command prompt:

You can also start the Kerberos daemons by typing the command prompt:

 % /sbin/initd/krbsrv start

Verify that the daemons have started properly by checking for the messages in the system log files.

Once the KDC is set up and running, it is time to create the principals of all the hosts and users into the Kerberos database.