/usr/bin/kadmin.local: invalid option -- '-' Usage: kadmin.local [-r realm] [-p principal] [-q query] [clnt|local args] [command args...] clnt args: [-s admin_server[:port]] [[-c ccache]|[-k [-t keytab]]]|[-n] [-O | -N] local args: [-x db_args]* [-d dbname] [-e "enc:salt ..."] [-m] [-w password] where, [-x db_args]* - any number of database specific arguments. Look at each database documentation for supported arguments