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# from @(#)README 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
# $OpenBSD: README,v 1.3 1998/01/03 01:46:07 deraadt Exp $
# $OpenBSD: README,v 1.4 1998/01/21 00:29:18 art Exp $
Notes about the contents of the /etc/kerberosIV directory:
(please check /usr/share/info for more information about kerberos)
The file master_key contains a copy of the master key under which the
entire Kerberos database is encrypted. Disclosing this key would be bad
news. The reason it is stored in the filesystem is because the following
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must be available for them, (or else it would have to be typed in by
hand):
- kerberos (the server itself)
- registerd (for new user registration)
- kpasswdd (for changing passwords)
- kadmind (database administration server)
The srvtab file contains the encryption keys for each service on the local
host. Any host offering network services would have a key here, although
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various (sub)domains.
Kerberos log information it placed in /var/log/kerberos.log
(see rc.local to change it)
The register_keys directory contains a set of files (all of which begin
with "."), each of which contains a des key used for registering new users
with the system. It is used only by the "registerd" program, and only on
a Kerberos server host.
(see /etc/rc to change it)

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