create¶

Creates a new database. If the -s option is specified, the stash file is also created. This command fails if the database already exists. If the command is successful, the database is opened just as if it had already existed when the program was first run.

destroy¶

Destroys the database, first overwriting the disk sectors and then unlinking the files, after prompting the user for confirmation. With the -f argument, does not prompt the user.

stash¶

Stores the master principal's keys in a stash file. The -f argument can be used to override the keyfile specified in kdc.conf(5).

dump¶

Dumps the current Kerberos and KADM5 database into an ASCII file. By default, the database is dumped in current format, "kdb5_util load_dump version 7". If filename is not specified, or is the string "-", the dump is sent to standard output. Options:

load¶

Loads a database dump from the named file into the named database. If no option is given to determine the format of the dump file, the format is detected automatically and handled as appropriate. Unless the -update option is given, load creates a new database containing only the data in the dump file, overwriting the contents of any previously existing database. Note that when using the LDAP KDC database module, the -update flag is required.

Options:

If specified, dbname overrides the value specified on the command line or the default.

ark¶

Adds new random keys to principal at the next available key version number. Keys for the current highest key version number will be preserved. The -e option specifies the list of encryption and salt types to be used for the new keys.

add_mkey¶

Adds a new master key to the master key principal, but does not mark it as active. Existing master keys will remain. The -e option specifies the encryption type of the new master key; see Encryption_types in kdc.conf(5) for a list of possible values. The -s option stashes the new master key in the stash file, which will be created if it doesn't already exist.

After a new master key is added, it should be propagated to slave servers via a manual or periodic invocation of kprop(8). Then, the stash files on the slave servers should be updated with the kdb5_util stash command. Once those steps are complete, the key is ready to be marked active with the kdb5_util use_mkey command.

use_mkey¶

Sets the activation time of the master key specified by mkeyVNO. Once a master key becomes active, it will be used to encrypt newly created principal keys. If no time argument is given, the current time is used, causing the specified master key version to become active immediately. The format for time is getdate string.

After a new master key becomes active, the kdb5_util update_princ_encryption command can be used to update all principal keys to be encrypted in the new master key.

list_mkeys¶

List all master keys, from most recent to earliest, in the master key principal. The output will show the kvno, enctype, and salt type for each mkey, similar to the output of kadmin(1) getprinc. A * following an mkey denotes the currently active master key.

purge_mkeys¶

Delete master keys from the master key principal that are not used to protect any principals. This command can be used to remove old master keys all principal keys are protected by a newer master key.

update_princ_encryption¶

Update all principal records (or only those matching the princ-pattern glob pattern) to re-encrypt the key data using the active database master key, if they are encrypted using a different version, and give a count at the end of the number of principals updated. If the -f option is not given, ask for confirmation before starting to make changes. The -v option causes each principal processed to be listed, with an indication as to whether it needed updating or not. The -n option performs a dry run, only showing the actions which would have been taken.

tabdump¶

Dump selected fields of the database in a tabular format suitable for reporting (e.g., using traditional Unix text processing tools) or importing into relational databases. The data format is tab-separated (default), or optionally comma-separated (CSV), with a fixed number of columns. The output begins with a header line containing field names, unless suppression is requested using the -H option.

The dumptype parameter specifies the name of an output table (see below).

Options:

Dump types:

Examples:

$ kdb5_util tabdump -o keyinfo.txt keyinfo
$ cat keyinfo.txt
name        keyindex        kvno    enctype salttype        salt
foo@EXAMPLE.COM     0       1       aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96 normal  -1
bar@EXAMPLE.COM     0       1       aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96 normal  -1
bar@EXAMPLE.COM     1       1       des-cbc-crc     normal  -1
$ sqlite3
sqlite> .mode tabs
sqlite> .import keyinfo.txt keyinfo
sqlite> select * from keyinfo where enctype like 'des-cbc-%';
bar@EXAMPLE.COM     1       1       des-cbc-crc     normal  -1
sqlite> .quit
$ awk -F'\t' '$4 ~ /des-cbc-/ { print }' keyinfo.txt
bar@EXAMPLE.COM     1       1       des-cbc-crc     normal  -1