5.5 Global Operations on the Kerberos Database

• Dumping a Kerberos Database to a File
• Restoring a Kerberos Database from a Dump File
• Creating a Stash File
• Creating and Destroying a Kerberos Database

The kdb5_util command is the primary tool for administrating the Kerberos database. The syntax is:

     kdb5_util command [kdb5_util_options] [command_options]

The kdb5_util command takes the following options, which override the defaults specified in the configuration files:

-r realm

specifies the the Kerberos realm of the database.

-d database_name

specifies the name under which the principal database is stored.

-k master_key_type

specifies the key type of the master key in the database.

-M master_key_name

specifies the principal name of the master key in the database.

-m

indicates that the master database password should be read from the TTY rather than fetched from a file on disk.

-sf stash_file

specifies the stash file of the master database password

-P password

specifies the master database password. MIT does not recommend using this option.