Administration
Principal Database Utilities
Principal Database Utilities
The principal database utilities are tools that you can use to globally manage the principal database. Use these tools only if the database was not properly created or configured during installation, or if you are debugging or upgrading your security server.
To use the principal database utilities, you must have operating system administrative privileges or logged on as the root user. Table
Table | Principal Database Utilities |
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| Creates a principal database. | kdb_create |
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| Securely remove the principal database. | kdb_destroy |
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| Dump the principal database to an stdout | kdb_dump |
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| Load all principal names into the principal | kdb_load |
| database from an existing database dump |
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| Stash the master key of the security server. | kdb_stash |
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The Principal Database Utilities have been discussed in detail in the subsequent chapters of this chapter. Export the following path before executing any of the commands mentioned above:
$ EXPORT PATH=$PATH:/opt/krb5/admin
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