MIT Kerberos Documentation

krb5-config

SYNOPSIS

krb5-config [--help | --all | --version | --vendor | --prefix | --exec-prefix | --defccname | --defktname | --defcktname | --cflags | --libs [libraries]]

DESCRIPTION

krb5-config tells the application programmer what flags to use to compile and link programs against the installed Kerberos libraries.

OPTIONS

--help
prints a usage message. This is the default behavior when no options are specified.
--all
prints the version, vendor, prefix, and exec-prefix.
--version
prints the version number of the Kerberos installation.
--vendor
prints the name of the vendor of the Kerberos installation.
--prefix
prints the prefix for which the Kerberos installation was built.
--exec-prefix
prints the prefix for executables for which the Kerberos installation was built.
--defccname
prints the built-in default credentials cache location.
--defktname
prints the built-in default keytab location.
--defcktname
prints the built-in default client (initiator) keytab location.
--cflags
prints the compilation flags used to build the Kerberos installation.
--libs [library]

prints the compiler options needed to link against library. Allowed values for library are:

krb5 Kerberos 5 applications (default)
gssapi GSSAPI applications with Kerberos 5 bindings
kadm-client Kadmin client
kadm-server Kadmin server
kdb Applications that access the Kerberos database

EXAMPLES

krb5-config is particularly useful for compiling against a Kerberos installation that was installed in a non-standard location. For example, a Kerberos installation that is installed in /opt/krb5/ but uses libraries in /usr/local/lib/ for text localization would produce the following output:

shell% krb5-config --libs krb5
-L/opt/krb5/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/opt/krb5/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err

SEE ALSO

kerberos(1), cc(1)