Managing Kerberos

Example: Definition of Kerberos Settings

The following example shows a sample of the commands used to change these settings:

Local> CHANGE KERBEROS DEFAULT REALM finance.acme.com SECRET

Secret> (not echoed)

Verification> (not echoed)

Local> CHANGE KERBEROS REALM finance.acme.com MASTER HOST security.acme.com

Local> CHANGE KERBEROS REALM finance.acme.com HOST atlas.acme.com

Local> CHANGE KERBEROS PASSWORD SERVICE PORT 89

Local> CHANGE KERBEROS TICKET PORT SERVICE PORT 88

Local> CHANGE KERBEROS TIMEOUT 20

This example shows the more secure Kerberos configuration. The access server itself is registered in the realm:

finance.acme.com

The access server user name is always “rcmd” while its instance is the same as its server name. In previous example, if the server name is LAT_08002B010203, then the Kerberos principal name is:

rcmd.LAT_08002B010203@finance.acme.com

The access server Kerberos password is the value of SECRET:

thisiswhereallthemoneyis

To perform authentication, the Kerberos system administrator must register the access server Kerberos user name, instance, and password in the master KDC for each of the realms. If the administrator does not specify a SECRET value in the access server database, then the access server can perform user authentication without being registered in the realm.

22-8 Managing Access Server Security