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/usr/bin/kadmin

Implementation of Kerberos 5

From heimdal 7.8.0-r55 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running kadmin --help (exit 0). permalink

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Usage: kadmin [-lhv] [--principal=string] [-p string] [--keytab=string] [-K string]
   [--config-file=file] [-c file] [--key-file=file] [-k file] [--realm=realm] [-r realm]
   [--admin-server=host] [-a host] [--server-port=port number] [-s port number] [--ad]
   [--check-library=library] [--check-function=function] [--policy-libraries=function]... [--local]
   [--help] [--version] [command]
-p string, --principal=string             principal to authenticate as
-K string, --keytab=string                keytab for authentication principal
-c file, --config-file=file               location of config file
-k file, --key-file=file                  location of master key file
-r realm, --realm=realm                   realm to use
-a host, --admin-server=host              server to contact
-s port number, --server-port=port number port to use
--ad                                      active directory admin mode
--check-library=library                   library to load password check function from
--check-function=function                 password check function to load
--policy-libraries=function               password check function to load
-l, --local                               local admin mode
Options (12)
OptionDescriptionSource
-p, --principal stringprincipal to authenticate ashelp + man
-K, --keytab stringkeytab for authentication principalhelp + man
-c, --config-file filelocation of config filehelp + man
-k, --key-file filelocation of master key filehelp + man
-r, --realm realmrealm to usehelp + man
-a, --admin-server hostserver to contacthelp + man
--adactive directory admin modehelp
--check-library librarylibrary to load password check function fromhelp
--check-function functionpassword check function to loadhelp
--policy-libraries functionpassword check function to loadhelp
-l, --locallocal admin modehelp + man
-s, --server-port portport to use (in the manual page but not in --help)man

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