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

Glossary 279
Glossary
A-B
admin_acl_file (Administrator Access
Control List) This is a text file that lists the
various administrators with their respective
permissions.
Administrator The graphical user
interface that is used to administer the
principal database of the Kerberos Server.
Authentication Service (AS)
Authentication is a verification of a user’s
identity. The Authentication Service (AS)
hands out a ticket-granting-ticket, which is
turn is used to access the
ticket-granting-service (TGS). The heart of
Kerberos lies in its ticket-granting process.
C
Command-Line-Administrator
Command-line program used to administer
the Kerberos principal database.
F
ftp Client application that securely copies
files to and from remote computers via the
file transfer protocol.
ftpd Secured daemon that services
connection requests from secured ftp clients
and non-secured ftp clients.
K
.k5.REALM A hidden file that contains your
master key, where realm is your default
realm.
k5login A hidden ASCII file that contains a
list of principals authorized to access a
specific user account.
kadmind Daemon that accepts
administration requests from remote
administrative tools.
kdb_create Creates a principal database
and adds a realm to an existing principal
database.
kdb_destroy Securely removes the
principal database.
kdb_dump Copies the contents of the
principal database to stdout or to a text file.
kdb_load Loads a database with the
principal entries from a database dump text
file.
kdb_stash Stores the master key, the
transformed master password, to a disk file.
kdc The heart of the Kerberos realm is the
Kerberos Key Distribution Center
(KDC), which is also generally referred to as
the “Kerberos Server”. The KDC or the
Kerberos Server is composed of two different
services - the “Authentication Service” (AS)
and the “Ticket Granting Service” (TGS). The
KDC issues Kerberos tickets.
kdcd Daemon that provides two services:
the authentication service (AS) and the
ticket-granting service (TGS).
kpropd daemon that propagates the
principal database from one server to
another.
kpropd.dbg File that stores the output
from the principal database propagation
system when the prpadmin program runs in
debug mode.