VERIFY\_KRB5\_CONF(8) System Manager's Manual VERIFY\_KRB5\_CONF(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

`verify_krb5_conf` — checks krb5.conf for obvious errors

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

`verify_krb5_conf` `[config-file]`

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

`verify_krb5_conf` reads the configuration file krb5.conf, or the file given on the command line, parses it, checking verifying that the syntax is not correctly wrong.

If the file is syntactically correct, `verify_krb5_conf` tries to verify that the contents of the file is of relevant nature.

# [ENVIRONMENT](#ENVIRONMENT)

`KRB5_CONFIG` points to the configuration file to read.

# [FILES](#FILES)

/etc/krb5.conf

Kerberos 5 configuration file

# [DIAGNOSTICS](#DIAGNOSTICS)

Possible output from `verify_krb5_conf` include:

<path>: failed to parse <something> as size/time/number/boolean

Usually means that <something> is misspelled, or that it contains weird characters. The parsing done by `verify_krb5_conf` is more strict than the one performed by libkrb5, so strings that work in real life might be reported as bad.

<path>: host not found (<hostname>)

Means that <path> is supposed to point to a host, but it can't be recognised as one.

<path>: unknown or wrong type

Means that <path> is either a string when it should be a list, vice versa, or just that `verify_krb5_conf` is confused.

<path>: unknown entry

Means that <string> is not known by `verify_krb5_conf`.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[krb5.conf(5)](/man/os/heimdal/krb5.conf.5)

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

Since each application can put almost anything in the config file, it's hard to come up with a watertight verification process. Most of the default settings are sanity checked, but this does not mean that every problem is discovered, or that everything that is reported as a possible problem actually is one. This tool should thus be used with some care.

It should warn about obsolete data, or bad practice, but currently doesn't.

December 8, 2004 HEIMDAL

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Document: verify_krb5_conf(8) from heimdal 7.8.0-r55 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal