Configuring the Kerberos Server With C-Tree Backend

Configuration Files for the Kerberos Server

To create comments, use the hash sign (#). Any characters after a # sign are ignored. Blank lines and any leading or trailing white spaces in a line are also ignored.

To identify multiple hosts that belong to the same realm in a single entry, use one of the wildcard characters described in Table 5-2.

Table 5-2

Wildcard Characters

 

 

 

 

Wildcard CharacterDescription

 

 

 

 

 

. (period)

 

Begin the name field with a period

 

 

 

followed by a domain name to designate

 

 

 

that all hosts in the specified domain

 

 

 

belong to the indicated realm.

 

 

 

For example, to indicate that the hosts

 

 

 

sales.bambi.com and mrkt.bambi.com

 

 

 

belong to REALM1, add the following entry

 

 

 

in your krb.realms file:

 

 

 

.bambi.com REALM1

 

 

 

 

 

* (asterisk)

 

Begin the name field with an asterisk (*)

 

 

 

followed by a parent domain name to

 

 

 

designate all hosts in subdomains that

 

 

 

belong to the indicated realm.

 

 

 

For example, to indicate that hosts

 

 

 

bob.sales.bambi.com and

 

 

 

man.john.sales.bambi.com belong to

 

 

 

REALM2, add the following entry in your

 

 

 

krb.realms file:

 

 

 

*.sales.com REALM2

 

 

 

 

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