To retrieve a policy, use the kadmin get_policy command, which
requires the “inquire” administrative privilege. The syntax is:
get_policy [-terse] policy
The get_policy command has the alias getpol. For example:
kadmin: get_policy admin
Policy: admin
Maximum password life: 180 days 00:00:00
Minimum password life: 00:00:00
Minimum password length: 6
Minimum number of password character classes: 2
Number of old keys kept: 5
Reference count: 17
kadmin:
The reference count is the number of principals using that policy.
The get_policy command has a -terse option, which lists
each field as a quoted, tab-separated string. For example:
kadmin: get_policy -terse admin
admin 15552000 0 6 2 5 17
kadmin: