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

Propagation
Propagation Tools
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Propagation Tools
Propagation of theprincipal database is managed and performed on each
server in the propagation hierarchy by the kpropd daemon. It uses four
local files, namely:
• prop_q - Default propagation input queue file that contains the
names of each and every principal whose record has changed since
the last successful database propagation.
• prop_q.wrk - Temporary working copy of prop_q, the default
propagation input queue file.
• prop_hostname - ASCII cache file created on the propagating
security server when the hostname security server is unavailable
during the principal database propagation cycle. The file contains
principal records that could not be propagated from the prop_q file to
the receiving server.
• prop_hostname.ok - Empty file created on the propagating security
server after a successful propagation to the hostname security server.
These are critical files and should not be compromised, under any
circumstances.
Table 7-1lists and briefly describes the propagation configuration tools.
The complete process for configuring propagation is provided in the
“Setting Up Propagation” on page 224 section of this Chapter.
Table 7-1 Propagation Tools
If You Want To: Use This Tool:
Store the propagation configuration
information used for propagation.
kpropd.ini - this is a text file.
Create the default kpropd.ini file,
based on the contents of the
configuration file, krb.conf.
mkpropcf
Manually control propagation on
one or more servers once
propagation is configured and
started.
prpadmin