krb5_newrealm(8)

🎀 krb5_newrealm 🎀

okay so bestie, meet krb5_newrealm from the System Manager's Manual — it's the little script that goes Create a new Kerberos Realm ✨ like, from scratch, zero to hero, no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

krb5_newrealm

that's it. no flags, no arguments, no drama. she just runs. 💅

🌸 Description 🌸

so this script attempts to create a Kerberos realm. and the way it does that is by assuming that none of the realm components exists yet — like, it's showing up to an empty room with a vision 🦋

with exactly one exception: the /etc/krb5.conf file. that one needs to already be there.

💀 and yes, normally that file is automatically generated at package installation. BUT — if you skipped the configuration step, you will need to manually generate this file before running krb5_newrealm. like, fr fr, do it first, don't just send it and hope. 🙈

so once it's off and running, here's the whole glow-up it performs:

• it creates the database 🗄️
• it initializes the stash file in /etc/krb5kdc/stash, which holds the master key for the database 🔑 (yes the stash file is literally giving main character energy, protect it with your life)
• it starts the KDC and Kerberos admin server 🚀
• and it creates a stub /etc/krb5kdc/kadm5.acl file 🎀

that's the whole routine. database, stash, servers up, acl stub. slay. 👑

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

okay there's genuinely nothing else listed here bestie, this page is short and iconic and we respect that. 💖

and that's the tea ✨ this was krb5_newrealm(8) — straight out of the System Manager's Manual — and you're all caught up. go make that realm, gorgeous. 🌈💜