KPROP(8) MIT Kerberos KPROP(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

kprop - propagate a Kerberos V5 principal database to a replica server

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**kprop** \[**-r** *realm*] \[**-f** *file*] \[**-d**] \[**-P** *port*] \[**-s** *keytab*] *replica\_host*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

kprop is used to securely propagate a Kerberos V5 database dump file from the primary Kerberos server to a replica Kerberos server, which is specified by *replica\_host*. The dump file must be created by *kdb5\_util*.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-r** *realm*](#r)

Specifies the realm of the primary server.

[**-f** *file*](#f)

Specifies the filename where the dumped principal database file is to be found; by default the dumped database file is normally **/var/lib/krb5kdc/replica\_datatrans**.

[**-P** *port*](#P)

Specifies the port to use to contact the *kpropd* server on the remote host.

[**-d**](#d)

Prints debugging information.

[**-s** *keytab*](#s)

Specifies the location of the keytab file.

# [ENVIRONMENT](#ENVIRONMENT)

See *kerberos* for a description of Kerberos environment variables.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

*kpropd*, *kdb5\_util*, *krb5kdc*, *kerberos*

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

MIT

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

1985-2026, MIT

1.22.2

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Document: kprop(8) from krb5 1.22.2-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/krb5/krb5.git