Installing, Configuring and Administering the Kerberos Server V 2.0 on HP-UX 11i

Administration
Principals
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Removing Service Principals
When a service principal account is deleted from the database, the
service account is no longer available in the network.
Deleting a service principal using one of the administration tools
removes the principal name, attributes, and properties from the
database.
For a service principal, there is an additional step that must be
performed to remove its secret key stored in the service key table file on
the service’s host. This key is not deleted when the service principal is
removed from the database. It has to be manually deleted from the
database.
If there is only one service on the host, you can delete the service key
table file. The default name for the file is v5srvtab.
If multiple services share the same service key table file, you must
remove the service key for the deleted service principal account from the
service key table file. Refer to “Deleting Older Keys From the Service
Key Table File” on page 211, for information on deleting keys from the
service key table file.