3 @node Setting up a realm, Applications, Building and Installing, Top
5 @chapter Setting up a realm
9 realm is an administrative domain. The name of a Kerberos realm is
10 usually the Internet domain name in uppercase. Call your realm the same
11 as your Internet domain name if you do not have strong reasons for not
12 doing so. It will make life easier for you and everyone else.
15 * Configuration file::
16 * Creating the database::
17 * Modifying the database::
18 * Checking the setup::
20 * Serving Kerberos 4/524/kaserver::
21 * Remote administration::
23 * Testing clients and servers::
25 * Incremental propagation::
26 * Encryption types and salting::
30 * Using LDAP to store the database::
31 * Providing Kerberos credentials to servers and programs::
32 * Setting up PK-INIT::
35 @node Configuration file, Creating the database, Setting up a realm, Setting up a realm
36 @section Configuration file
38 To setup a realm you will first have to create a configuration file:
39 @file{/etc/krb5.conf}. The @file{krb5.conf} file can contain many
40 configuration options, some of which are described here.
42 There is a sample @file{krb5.conf} supplied with the distribution.
44 The configuration file is a hierarchical structure consisting of
45 sections, each containing a list of bindings (either variable
46 assignments or subsections). A section starts with
47 @samp{[@samp{section-name}]}. A binding consists of a left hand side, an equal sign
48 (@samp{=}) and a right hand side (the left hand side tag must be
49 separated from the equal sign with some whitespace). Subsections have a
50 @samp{@{} as the first non-whitespace character after the equal sign. All
51 other bindings are treated as variable assignments. The value of a
52 variable extends to the end of the line.
58 other-var = value with @{@}
63 var = some other value
65 var = yet another value
68 In this manual, names of sections and bindings will be given as strings
69 separated by slashes (@samp{/}). The @samp{other-var} variable will thus
70 be @samp{section1/a-subsection/other-var}.
72 For in-depth information about the contents of the configuration file, refer to
73 the @file{krb5.conf} manual page. Some of the more important sections
74 are briefly described here.
76 The @samp{libdefaults} section contains a list of library configuration
77 parameters, such as the default realm and the timeout for KDC
78 responses. The @samp{realms} section contains information about specific
79 realms, such as where they hide their KDC@. This section serves the same
80 purpose as the Kerberos 4 @file{krb.conf} file, but can contain more
81 information. Finally the @samp{domain_realm} section contains a list of
82 mappings from domains to realms, equivalent to the Kerberos 4
83 @file{krb.realms} file.
85 To continue with the realm setup, you will have to create a configuration file,
86 with contents similar to the following.
90 default_realm = MY.REALM
93 kdc = my.kdc my.slave.kdc
101 If you use a realm name equal to your domain name, you can omit the
102 @samp{libdefaults}, and @samp{domain_realm}, sections. If you have a DNS
103 SRV-record for your realm, or your Kerberos server has DNS CNAME
104 @samp{kerberos.my.realm}, you can omit the @samp{realms} section too.
106 @node Creating the database, Modifying the database, Configuration file, Setting up a realm
107 @section Creating the database
109 The database library will look for the database in the directory
110 @file{@value{dbdir}}, so you should probably create that directory.
111 Make sure the directory has restrictive permissions.
117 The keys of all the principals are stored in the database. If you
118 choose to, these can be encrypted with a master key. You do not have to
119 remember this key (or password), but just to enter it once and it will
120 be stored in a file (@file{/var/heimdal/m-key}). If you want to have a
121 master key, run @samp{kstash} to create this master key:
126 Verifying password - Master key:
129 If you want to generate a random master key you can use the
130 @kbd{--random-key} flag to kstash. This will make sure you have a good key
131 on which attackers can't do a dictionary attack.
133 If you have a master key, make sure you make a backup of your master
134 key file; without it backups of the database are of no use.
136 To initialise the database use the @command{kadmin} program, with the
137 @kbd{-l} option (to enable local database mode). First issue a
138 @kbd{init MY.REALM} command. This will create the database and insert
139 default principals for that realm. You can have more than one realm in
140 one database, so @samp{init} does not destroy any old database.
142 Before creating the database, @samp{init} will ask you some questions
143 about maximum ticket lifetimes.
145 After creating the database you should probably add yourself to it. You
146 do this with the @samp{add} command. It takes as argument the name of a
147 principal. The principal should contain a realm, so if you haven't set up
148 a default realm, you will need to explicitly include the realm.
152 kadmin> init MY.REALM
153 Realm max ticket life [unlimited]:
154 Realm max renewable ticket life [unlimited]:
156 Max ticket life [unlimited]:
157 Max renewable life [unlimited]:
160 Verifying password - Password:
163 Now start the KDC and try getting a ticket.
168 me@@MY.REALMS's Password:
170 Credentials cache: /tmp/krb5cc_0
171 Principal: me@@MY.REALM
173 Issued Expires Principal
174 Aug 25 07:25:55 Aug 25 17:25:55 krbtgt/MY.REALM@@MY.REALM
177 If you are curious you can use the @samp{dump} command to list all the
178 entries in the database. It should look something similar to the
179 following example (note that the entries here are truncated for
180 typographical reasons):
184 me@@MY.REALM 1:0:1:0b01d3cb7c293b57:-:0:7:8aec316b9d1629e3baf8 ...
185 kadmin/admin@@MY.REALM 1:0:1:e5c8a2675b37a443:-:0:7:cb913ebf85 ...
186 krbtgt/MY.REALM@@MY.REALM 1:0:1:52b53b61c875ce16:-:0:7:c8943be ...
187 kadmin/changepw@@MY.REALM 1:0:1:f48c8af2b340e9fb:-:0:7:e3e6088 ...
190 @node Modifying the database, Checking the setup, Creating the database, Setting up a realm
191 @section Modifying the database
193 All modifications of principals are done with with kadmin.
195 A principal has several attributes and lifetimes associated with it.
197 Principals are added, renamed, modified, and deleted with the kadmin
198 commands @samp{add}, @samp{rename}, @samp{modify}, @samp{delete}.
199 Both interactive editing and command line flags can be used (use --help
200 to list the available options).
202 There are different kinds of types for the fields in the database;
203 attributes, absolute time times and relative times.
205 @subsection Attributes
207 When doing interactive editing, attributes are listed with @samp{?}.
209 The attributes are given in a comma (@samp{,}) separated list.
210 Attributes are removed from the list by prefixing them with @samp{-}.
214 Max ticket life [1 day]:
215 Max renewable life [1 week]:
216 Principal expiration time [never]:
217 Password expiration time [never]:
218 Attributes [disallow-renewable]: requires-pre-auth,-disallow-renewable
220 Principal: me@@MY.REALM
222 Attributes: requires-pre-auth
225 @subsection Absolute times
227 The format for absolute times are any of the following:
237 @subsection Relative times
239 The format for relative times are any of the following combined:
250 @c Describe more of kadmin commands here...
252 @node Checking the setup, keytabs, Modifying the database, Setting up a realm
253 @section Checking the setup
255 There are two tools that can check the consistency of the Kerberos
256 configuration file and the Kerberos database.
258 The Kerberos configuration file is checked using
259 @command{verify_krb5_conf}. The tool checks for common errors, but
260 commonly there are several uncommon configuration entries that are
261 never added to the tool and thus generates ``unknown entry'' warnings.
262 This is usually nothing to worry about.
264 The database check is built into the kadmin tool. It will check for
265 common configuration error that will cause problems later. Common
266 check are for existence and flags on important principals. The
267 database check by run by the following command :
270 kadmin check REALM.EXAMPLE.ORG
273 @node keytabs, Serving Kerberos 4/524/kaserver, Checking the setup, Setting up a realm
276 To extract a service ticket from the database and put it in a keytab, you
277 need to first create the principal in the database with @samp{ank}
278 (using the @kbd{--random-key} flag to get a random key) and then
279 extract it with @samp{ext_keytab}.
282 kadmin> add --random-key host/my.host.name
283 Max ticket life [unlimited]:
284 Max renewable life [unlimited]:
286 kadmin> ext host/my.host.name
289 Version Type Principal
290 1 des-cbc-md5 host/my.host.name@@MY.REALM
291 1 des-cbc-md4 host/my.host.name@@MY.REALM
292 1 des-cbc-crc host/my.host.name@@MY.REALM
293 1 des3-cbc-sha1 host/my.host.name@@MY.REALM
296 @node Serving Kerberos 4/524/kaserver, Remote administration, keytabs, Setting up a realm
297 @section Serving Kerberos 4/524/kaserver
299 Heimdal can be configured to support 524, Kerberos 4 or kaserver. All
300 these services are turned off by default. Kerberos 4 is always
301 supported by the KDC, but the Kerberos 4 client support also depends
302 on Kerberos 4 support having been included at compile-time, using
303 @kbd{--with-krb4=dir}.
307 524 is a service that allows the KDC to convert Kerberos 5 tickets to
308 Kerberos 4 tickets for backward compatibility. See also Using 2b
309 tokens with AFS in @xref{AFS}.
311 524 can be turned on by adding this to the configuration file
318 @subsection Kerberos 4
320 Kerberos 4 is the predecessor to to Kerberos 5. It only supports
321 single DES@. You should only enable Kerberos 4 support if you have
322 needs for compatibility with an installed base of Kerberos 4
325 Kerberos 4 can be turned on by adding this to the configuration file
329 enable-kerberos4 = yes
334 Kaserver is a Kerberos 4 that is used in AFS@. The protocol has some
335 extra features over plain Kerberos 4, but like Kerberos 4, only uses
338 You should only enable Kaserver support if you have needs for
339 compatibility with an installed base of AFS machines.
341 Kaserver can be turned on by adding this to the configuration file
345 enable-kaserver = yes
348 @node Remote administration, Password changing, Serving Kerberos 4/524/kaserver, Setting up a realm
349 @section Remote administration
351 The administration server, @command{kadmind}, can be started by
352 @command{inetd} (which isn't recommended) or run as a normal daemon. If you
353 want to start it from @command{inetd} you should add a line similar to the
354 one below to your @file{/etc/inetd.conf}.
357 kerberos-adm stream tcp nowait root /usr/heimdal/libexec/kadmind kadmind
360 You might need to add @samp{kerberos-adm} to your @file{/etc/services}
363 Access to the administration server is controlled by an ACL file,
364 (default @file{/var/heimdal/kadmind.acl}.) The file has the following
367 principal [priv1,priv2,...] [glob-pattern]
370 The matching is from top to bottom for matching principals (and if given,
371 glob-pattern). When there is a match, the access rights of that line are
374 The privileges you can assign to a principal are: @samp{add},
375 @samp{change-password} (or @samp{cpw} for short), @samp{delete},
376 @samp{get}, @samp{list}, and @samp{modify}, or the special privilege
377 @samp{all}. All of these roughly correspond to the different commands
380 If a @var{glob-pattern} is given on a line, it restricts the access
381 rights for the principal to only apply for subjects that match the
382 pattern. The patterns are of the same type as those used in shell
383 globbing, see @url{none,,fnmatch(3)}.
385 In the example below @samp{lha/admin} can change every principal in the
386 database. @samp{jimmy/admin} can only modify principals that belong to
387 the realm @samp{E.KTH.SE}. @samp{mille/admin} is working at the
388 help desk, so he should only be able to change the passwords for single
389 component principals (ordinary users). He will not be able to change any
390 @samp{/admin} principal.
393 lha/admin@@E.KTH.SE all
394 jimmy/admin@@E.KTH.SE all *@@E.KTH.SE
395 jimmy/admin@@E.KTH.SE all */*@@E.KTH.SE
396 mille/admin@@E.KTH.SE change-password *@@E.KTH.SE
399 @node Password changing, Testing clients and servers, Remote administration, Setting up a realm
400 @section Password changing
402 To allow users to change their passwords, you should run @command{kpasswdd}.
403 It is not run from @command{inetd}.
405 You might need to add @samp{kpasswd} to your @file{/etc/services} as
408 @subsection Password quality assurance
410 It is important that users have good passwords, both to make it harder
411 to guess them and to avoid off-line attacks (although
412 pre-authentication provides some defence against off-line attacks).
413 To ensure that the users choose good passwords, you can enable
414 password quality controls in @command{kpasswdd} and @command{kadmind}.
415 The controls themselves are done in a shared library or an external
416 program that is used by @command{kpasswdd}. To configure in these
417 controls, add lines similar to the following to your
418 @file{/etc/krb5.conf}:
422 policies = external-check builtin:minimum-length module:policyname
423 external_program = /bin/false
424 policy_libraries = @var{library1.so} @var{library2.so}
427 In @samp{[password_quality]policies} the module name is optional if
428 the policy name is unique in all modules (members of
429 @samp{policy_libraries}).
431 The built-in polices are
437 Executes the program specified by @samp{[password_quality]external_program}.
439 A number of key/value pairs are passed as input to the program, one per
440 line, ending with the string @samp{end}. The key/value lines are of
443 principal: @var{principal}
444 new-password: @var{password}
446 where @var{password} is the password to check for the previous
449 If the external application approves the password, it should return
450 @samp{APPROVED} on standard out and exit with exit code 0. If it
451 doesn't approve the password, an one line error message explaining the
452 problem should be returned on standard error and the application
453 should exit with exit code 0. In case of a fatal error, the
454 application should, if possible, print an error message on standard
455 error and exit with a non-zero error code.
459 The minimum length password quality check reads the configuration file
460 stanza @samp{[password_quality]min_length} and requires the password
461 to be at least this length.
463 @item character-class
465 The character-class password quality check reads the configuration
466 file stanza @samp{[password_quality]min_classes}. The policy requires
467 the password to have characters from at least that many character
468 classes. Default value if not given is 3.
470 The four different characters classes are, uppercase, lowercase,
471 number, special characters.
475 If you want to write your own shared object to check password
476 policies, see the manual page @manpage{kadm5_pwcheck,3}.
478 Code for a password quality checking function that uses the cracklib
479 library can be found in @file{lib/kadm5/sample_password_check.c} in
480 the source code distribution. It requires that the cracklib library
481 be built with the patch available at
482 @url{ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/krb/src/cracklib.patch}.
484 A sample policy external program is included in
485 @file{lib/kadm5/check-cracklib.pl}.
487 If no password quality checking function is configured, the only check
488 performed is that the password is at least six characters long.
490 To check the password policy settings, use the command
491 @command{password-quality} in @command{kadmin} program. The password
492 verification is only performed locally, on the client. It may be
493 convenient to set the environment variable @samp{KRB5_CONFIG} to point
494 to a test version of @file{krb5.conf} while you're testing the
495 @samp{[password_quality]} stanza that way.
497 @node Testing clients and servers, Slave Servers, Password changing, Setting up a realm
498 @section Testing clients and servers
500 Now you should be able to run all the clients and servers. Refer to the
501 appropriate man pages for information on how to use them.
503 @node Slave Servers, Incremental propagation, Testing clients and servers, Setting up a realm
504 @section Slave servers, Incremental propagation, Testing clients and servers, Setting up a realm
506 It is desirable to have at least one backup (slave) server in case the
507 master server fails. It is possible to have any number of such slave
508 servers but more than three usually doesn't buy much more redundancy.
510 All Kerberos servers for a realm must have the same database so that
511 they present the same service to the users. The
513 @command{hprop} program, running on the master, will propagate the database
514 to the slaves, running
516 @command{hpropd} processes.
518 Every slave needs a database directory, the master key (if it was used
519 for the database) and a keytab with the principal
520 @samp{hprop/@var{hostname}}. Add the principal with the
522 @command{ktutil} command and start
524 @command{hpropd}, as follows:
527 slave# ktutil get -p foo/admin hprop/`hostname`
528 slave# mkdir /var/heimdal
532 The master will use the principal @samp{kadmin/hprop} to authenticate to
533 the slaves. This principal should be added when running @kbd{kadmin -l
534 init} but if you do not have it in your database for whatever reason,
535 please add it with @kbd{kadmin -l add}.
539 @code{hprop} on the master:
545 This was just an hands-on example to make sure that everything was
546 working properly. Doing it manually is of course the wrong way, and to
547 automate this you will want to start
549 @command{hpropd} from @command{inetd} on the slave(s) and regularly run
551 @command{hprop} on the master to regularly propagate the database.
552 Starting the propagation once an hour from @command{cron} is probably a
555 @node Incremental propagation, Encryption types and salting, Slave Servers, Setting up a realm
556 @section Incremental propagation
558 There is also a newer, and still somewhat experimental, mechanism for
559 doing incremental propagation in Heimdal. Instead of sending the whole
560 database regularly, it sends the changes as they happen on the master to
561 the slaves. The master keeps track of all the changes by assigning a
562 version number to every change to the database. The slaves know which
563 was the latest version they saw and in this way it can be determined if
564 they are in sync or not. A log of all the changes is kept on the master,
565 and when a slave is at an older version than the oldest one in the
566 log, the whole database has to be sent.
568 Protocol-wise, all the slaves connect to the master and as a greeting
569 tell it the latest version that they have (@samp{IHAVE} message). The
570 master then responds by sending all the changes between that version and
571 the current version at the master (a series of @samp{FORYOU} messages)
572 or the whole database in a @samp{TELLYOUEVERYTHING} message. There is
573 also a keep-alive protocol that makes sure all slaves are up and running.
575 @subsection Configuring incremental propagation
577 The program that runs on the master is @command{ipropd-master} and all
578 clients run @command{ipropd-slave}.
580 Create the file @file{/var/heimdal/slaves} on the master containing all
581 the slaves that the database should be propagated to. Each line contains
582 the full name of the principal (for example
583 @samp{iprop/hemligare.foo.se@@FOO.SE}).
585 You should already have @samp{iprop/tcp} defined as 2121, in your
586 @file{/etc/services}. Otherwise, or if you need to use a different port
587 for some peculiar reason, you can use the @kbd{--port} option. This is
588 useful when you have multiple realms to distribute from one server.
590 Then you need to create those principals that you added in the
591 configuration file. Create one @samp{iprop/hostname} for the master and
596 master# /usr/heimdal/sbin/ktutil get iprop/`hostname`
599 The next step is to start the @command{ipropd-master} process on the master
600 server. The @command{ipropd-master} listens on the UNIX domain socket
601 @file{/var/heimdal/signal} to know when changes have been made to the
602 database so they can be propagated to the slaves. There is also a
603 safety feature of testing the version number regularly (every 30
604 seconds) to see if it has been modified by some means that do not raise
605 this signal. Then, start @command{ipropd-slave} on all the slaves:
608 master# /usr/heimdal/libexec/ipropd-master &
609 slave# /usr/heimdal/libexec/ipropd-slave master &
612 To manage the iprop log file you should use the @command{iprop-log}
613 command. With it you can dump, truncate and replay the logfile.
615 @node Encryption types and salting, Cross realm, Incremental propagation, Setting up a realm
616 @section Encryption types and salting
618 @cindex Encryption types
620 The encryption types that the KDC is going to assign by default is
621 possible to change. Since the keys used for user authentication is
622 salted the encryption types are described together with the salt
625 Salting is used to make it harder to pre-calculate all possible
626 keys. Using a salt increases the search space to make it almost
627 impossible to pre-calculate all keys. Salting is the process of mixing a
628 public string (the salt) with the password, then sending it through an
629 encryption type specific string-to-key function that will output the
630 fixed size encryption key.
632 In Kerberos 5 the salt is determined by the encryption type, except in
635 In @code{des} there is the Kerberos 4 salt
636 (none at all) or the afs-salt (using the cell (realm in
639 In @code{arcfour} (the encryption type that Microsoft Windows 2000 uses)
640 there is no salt. This is to be compatible with NTLM keys in Windows
643 @code{[kadmin]default_keys} in @file{krb5.conf} controls
646 The syntax of @code{[kadmin]default_keys} is
647 @samp{[etype:]salt-type[:salt-string]}. @samp{etype} is the encryption
648 type (des-cbc-crc, arcfour-hmac-md5, aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96),
649 @code{salt-type} is the type of salt (pw-salt or afs3-salt), and the
650 salt-string is the string that will be used as salt (remember that if
651 the salt is appended/prepended, the empty salt "" is the same thing as
654 Common types of salting include
657 @item @code{v4} (or @code{des:pw-salt:})
659 The Kerberos 4 salting is using no salt at all. Reason there is colon
660 at the end of the salt string is that it makes the salt the empty
661 string (same as no salt).
663 @item @code{v5} (or @code{pw-salt})
665 @code{pw-salt} uses the default salt for each encryption type is
666 specified for. If the encryption type @samp{etype} isn't given, all
667 default encryption will be used.
669 @item @code{afs3-salt}
671 @code{afs3-salt} is the salt that is used with Transarc kaserver. It's
672 the cell name appended to the password.
676 @node Cross realm, Transit policy, Encryption types and salting, Setting up a realm
680 Suppose you reside in the realm @samp{MY.REALM}, how do you
681 authenticate to a server in @samp{OTHER.REALM}? Having valid tickets in
682 @samp{MY.REALM} allows you to communicate with Kerberised services in that
683 realm. However, the computer in the other realm does not have a secret
684 key shared with the Kerberos server in your realm.
686 It is possible to share keys between two realms that trust each
687 other. When a client program, such as @command{telnet} or @command{ssh},
688 finds that the other computer is in a different realm, it will try to
689 get a ticket granting ticket for that other realm, but from the local
690 Kerberos server. With that ticket granting ticket, it will then obtain
691 service tickets from the Kerberos server in the other realm.
693 For a two way trust between @samp{MY.REALM} and @samp{OTHER.REALM}
694 add the following principals to each realm. The principals should be
695 @samp{krbtgt/OTHER.REALM@@MY.REALM} and
696 @samp{krbtgt/MY.REALM@@OTHER.REALM} in @samp{MY.REALM}, and
697 @samp{krbtgt/MY.REALM@@OTHER.REALM} and
698 @samp{krbtgt/OTHER.REALM@@MY.REALM}in @samp{OTHER.REALM}.
700 In Kerberos 5 the trust can be configured to be one way. So that
701 users from @samp{MY.REALM} can authenticate to services in
702 @samp{OTHER.REALM}, but not the opposite. In the example above, the
703 @samp{krbtgt/MY.REALM@@OTHER.REALM} then should be removed.
705 The two principals must have the same key, key version number, and the
706 same set of encryption types. Remember to transfer the two keys in a
711 Credentials cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_913.console
712 Principal: lha@@E.KTH.SE
714 Issued Expires Principal
715 May 3 13:55:52 May 3 23:55:54 krbtgt/E.KTH.SE@@E.KTH.SE
717 vr$ telnet -l lha hummel.it.su.se
718 Trying 2001:6b0:5:1095:250:fcff:fe24:dbf...
719 Connected to hummel.it.su.se.
720 Escape character is '^]'.
721 Waiting for encryption to be negotiated...
722 [ Trying mutual KERBEROS5 (host/hummel.it.su.se@@SU.SE)... ]
723 [ Kerberos V5 accepts you as ``lha@@E.KTH.SE'' ]
724 Encryption negotiated.
725 Last login: Sat May 3 14:11:47 from vr.l.nxs.se
729 Credentials cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_913.console
730 Principal: lha@@E.KTH.SE
732 Issued Expires Principal
733 May 3 13:55:52 May 3 23:55:54 krbtgt/E.KTH.SE@@E.KTH.SE
734 May 3 13:55:56 May 3 23:55:54 krbtgt/SU.SE@@E.KTH.SE
735 May 3 14:10:54 May 3 23:55:54 host/hummel.it.su.se@@SU.SE
739 @node Transit policy, Setting up DNS, Cross realm, Setting up a realm
740 @section Transit policy
741 @cindex Transit policy
743 If you want to use cross realm authentication through an intermediate
744 realm, it must be explicitly allowed by either the KDCs or the server
745 receiving the request. This is done in @file{krb5.conf} in the
746 @code{[capaths]} section.
748 When the ticket transits through a realm to another realm, the
749 destination realm adds its peer to the "transited-realms" field in the
750 ticket. The field is unordered, since there is no way to know if
751 know if one of the transited-realms changed the order of the list.
753 The syntax for @code{[capaths]} section:
758 SERVER-REALM = PERMITTED-CROSS-REALMS ...
762 The realm @code{STACKEN.KTH.SE} allows clients from @code{SU.SE} and
763 @code{DSV.SU.SE} to cross it. Since @code{STACKEN.KTH.SE} only has
764 direct cross realm setup with @code{KTH.SE}, and @code{DSV.SU.SE} only
765 has direct cross realm setup with @code{SU.SE} they need to use both
766 @code{SU.SE} and @code{KTH.SE} as transit realms.
771 STACKEN.KTH.SE = KTH.SE
774 STACKEN.KTH.SE = SU.SE KTH.SE
779 The order of the @code{PERMITTED-CROSS-REALMS} is not important when
780 doing transit cross realm verification.
782 However, the order is important when the @code{[capaths]} section is used
783 to figure out the intermediate realm to go to when doing multi-realm
784 transit. When figuring out the next realm, the first realm of the list
785 of @code{PERMITTED-CROSS-REALMS} is chosen. This is done in both the
786 client kerberos library and the KDC.
788 @c To test the cross realm configuration, use:
789 @c kmumble transit-check client server transit-realms ...
791 @node Setting up DNS, Using LDAP to store the database, Transit policy, Setting up a realm
792 @section Setting up DNS
793 @cindex Setting up DNS
795 @subsection Using DNS to find KDC
797 If there is information about where to find the KDC or kadmind for a
798 realm in the @file{krb5.conf} for a realm, that information will be
799 preferred, and DNS will not be queried.
801 Heimdal will try to use DNS to find the KDCs for a realm. First it
802 will try to find a @code{SRV} resource record (RR) for the realm. If no
803 SRV RRs are found, it will fall back to looking for an @code{A} RR for
804 a machine named kerberos.REALM, and then kerberos-1.REALM, etc
806 Adding this information to DNS minimises the client configuration (in
807 the common case, resulting in no configuration needed) and allows the
808 system administrator to change the number of KDCs and on what machines
809 they are running without caring about clients.
811 The downside of using DNS is that the client might be fooled to use the
812 wrong server if someone fakes DNS replies/data, but storing the IP
813 addresses of the KDC on all the clients makes it very hard to change
816 An example of the configuration for the realm @code{EXAMPLE.COM}:
821 _kerberos._tcp SRV 10 1 88 kerberos.example.com.
822 _kerberos._udp SRV 10 1 88 kerberos.example.com.
823 _kerberos._tcp SRV 10 1 88 kerberos-1.example.com.
824 _kerberos._udp SRV 10 1 88 kerberos-1.example.com.
825 _kpasswd._udp SRV 10 1 464 kerberos.example.com.
826 _kerberos-adm._tcp SRV 10 1 749 kerberos.example.com.
830 More information about DNS SRV resource records can be found in
831 RFC-2782 (A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)).
833 @subsection Using DNS to map hostname to Kerberos realm
835 Heimdal also supports a way to lookup a realm from a hostname. This to
836 minimise configuration needed on clients. Using this has the drawback
837 that clients can be redirected by an attacker to realms within the
838 same cross realm trust and made to believe they are talking to the
839 right server (since Kerberos authentication will succeed).
841 An example configuration that informs clients that for the realms
842 it.example.com and srv.example.com, they should use the realm
848 _kerberos.it TXT "EXAMPLE.COM"
849 _kerberos.srv TXT "EXAMPLE.COM"
853 @node Using LDAP to store the database, Providing Kerberos credentials to servers and programs, Setting up DNS, Setting up a realm
854 @section Using LDAP to store the database
855 @cindex Using the LDAP backend
857 This document describes how to install the LDAP backend for
858 Heimdal. Note that before attempting to configure such an
859 installation, you should be aware of the implications of storing
860 private information (such as users' keys) in a directory service
861 primarily designed for public information. Nonetheless, with a
862 suitable authorisation policy, it is possible to set this up in a
863 secure fashion. A knowledge of LDAP, Kerberos, and C is necessary to
864 install this backend. The HDB schema was devised by Leif Johansson.
866 This assumes, OpenLDAP 2.3 or later.
873 A current release of Heimdal, configured with
874 @code{--with-openldap=/usr/local} (adjust according to where you have
877 You can verify that you manage to configure LDAP support by running
878 @file{kdc --builtin-hdb}, and checking that @samp{ldap:} is one entry
881 Its also possible to configure the ldap backend as a shared module,
882 see option --hdb-openldap-module to configure.
885 Configure OpenLDAP with @kbd{--enable-local} to enable the local transport.
888 Add the hdb schema to the LDAP server, it's included in the source-tree
889 in @file{lib/hdb/hdb.schema}. Example from slapd.conf:
892 include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/hdb.schema
896 Configure the LDAP server ACLs to accept writes from clients over the
897 local transport. For example:
901 by dn.exact="uid=heimdal,dc=services,dc=example,dc=com" write
904 authz-regexp "gidNumber=.*\\\+uidNumber=0,cn=peercred,cn=external,cn=auth''
905 "uid=heimdal,dc=services,dc=example,dc=com"
909 The sasl-regexp is for mapping between the SASL/EXTERNAL and a user in
910 a tree. The user that the key is mapped to should be have a
911 krb5Principal aux object with krb5PrincipalName set so that the
912 ``creator'' and ``modifier'' is right in @file{kadmin}.
914 Another option is to create an admins group and add the dn to that
917 Since Heimdal talks to the LDAP server over a UNIX domain socket, and
918 uses external sasl authentication, it's not possible to require
919 security layer quality (ssf in cyrus-sasl lingo). So that requirement
920 has to be turned off in OpenLDAP @command{slapd} configuration file
924 sasl-secprops minssf=0
929 Start @command{slapd} with the local listener (as well as the default TCP/IP
930 listener on port 389) as follows:
933 slapd -h "ldapi:/// ldap:///"
936 Note: These is a bug in @command{slapd} where it appears to corrupt the krb5Key
937 binary attribute on shutdown. This may be related to our use of the V3
938 schema definition syntax instead of the old UMich-style, V2 syntax.
941 You should specify the distinguished name under which your
942 principals will be stored in @file{krb5.conf}. Also you need to
943 enter the path to the kadmin acl file:
949 dbname = ldap:ou=KerberosPrincipals,dc=example,dc=com
950 hdb-ldap-structural-object = inetOrgPerson
951 acl_file = /path/to/kadmind.acl
952 mkey_file = /path/to/mkey
956 @samp{mkey_file} can be excluded if you feel that you trust your ldap
957 directory to have the raw keys inside it. The
958 hdb-ldap-structural-object is not necessary if you do not need Samba
964 Once you have built Heimdal and started the LDAP server, run kadmin
965 (as usual) to initialise the database. Note that the instructions for
966 stashing a master key are as per any Heimdal installation.
970 kadmin> init EXAMPLE.COM
971 Realm max ticket life [unlimited]:
972 Realm max renewable ticket life [unlimited]:
974 Max ticket life [1 day]:
975 Max renewable life [1 week]:
976 Principal expiration time [never]:
977 Password expiration time [never]:
979 lukeh@@EXAMPLE.COM's Password:
980 Verifying password - lukeh@@EXAMPLE.COM's Password:
984 Verify that the principal database has indeed been stored in the
985 directory with the following command:
988 kdc# ldapsearch -L -h localhost -D cn=manager \
989 -w secret -b ou=KerberosPrincipals,dc=example,dc=com \
990 'objectclass=krb5KDCEntry'
994 Now consider adding indexes to the database to speed up the access, at
995 least theses should be added to slapd.conf.
1000 index uid eq,sub,pres
1001 index displayName eq,sub,pres
1002 index krb5PrincipalName eq
1007 @subsection smbk5pwd overlay
1009 The smbk5pwd overlay, updates the krb5Key and krb5KeyVersionNumber
1010 appropriately when it receives an LDAP Password change Extended
1013 @url{http://www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi/contrib/slapd-modules/smbk5pwd/README?hideattic=1&sortbydate=0}
1015 @subsection Troubleshooting guide
1017 @url{https://sec.miljovern.no/bin/view/Info/TroubleshootingGuide}
1020 @subsection Using Samba LDAP password database
1023 @c @node Using Samba LDAP password database, Providing Kerberos credentials to servers and programs, Using LDAP to store the database, Setting up a realm
1024 @c @section Using Samba LDAP password database
1026 The Samba domain and the Kerberos realm can have different names since
1027 arcfour's string to key functions principal/realm independent. So now
1028 will be your first and only chance name your Kerberos realm without
1029 needing to deal with old configuration files.
1031 First, you should set up Samba and get that working with LDAP backend.
1033 Now you can proceed as in @xref{Using LDAP to store the database}.
1034 Heimdal will pick up the Samba LDAP entries if they are in the same
1035 search space as the Kerberos entries.
1037 @node Providing Kerberos credentials to servers and programs, Setting up PK-INIT, Using LDAP to store the database, Setting up a realm
1038 @section Providing Kerberos credentials to servers and programs
1040 Some services require Kerberos credentials when they start to make
1041 connections to other services or need to use them when they have started.
1043 The easiest way to get tickets for a service is to store the key in a
1044 keytab. Both ktutil get and kadmin ext can be used to get a
1045 keytab. ktutil get is better in that way it changes the key/password
1046 for the user. This is also the problem with ktutil. If ktutil is used
1047 for the same service principal on several hosts, they keytab will only
1048 be useful on the last host. In that case, run the extract command on
1049 one host and then securely copy the keytab around to all other hosts
1053 host# ktutil -k /etc/krb5-service.keytab \
1054 get -p lha/admin@@EXAMPLE.ORG service-principal@@EXAMPLE.ORG
1055 lha/admin@@EXAMPLE.ORG's Password:
1058 To get a Kerberos credential file for the service, use kinit in the
1059 @kbd{--keytab} mode. This will not ask for a password but instead fetch the
1060 key from the keytab.
1063 service@@host$ kinit --cache=/var/run/service_krb5_cache \
1064 --keytab=/etc/krb5-service.keytab \
1065 service-principal@@EXAMPLE.ORG
1068 Long running services might need credentials longer then the
1069 expiration time of the tickets. kinit can run in a mode that refreshes
1070 the tickets before they expire. This is useful for services that write
1071 into AFS and other distributed file systems using Kerberos. To run the
1072 long running script, just append the program and arguments (if any)
1073 after the principal. kinit will stop refreshing credentials and remove
1074 the credentials when the script-to-start-service exits.
1077 service@@host$ kinit --cache=/var/run/service_krb5_cache \
1078 --keytab=/etc/krb5-service.keytab \
1079 service-principal@@EXAMPLE.ORG \
1080 script-to-start-service argument1 argument2
1084 @node Setting up PK-INIT, , Providing Kerberos credentials to servers and programs, Setting up a realm
1085 @section Setting up PK-INIT
1087 PK-INIT is levering the existing PKI infrastructure to use
1088 certificates to get the initial ticket, that is usually the krbtgt.
1090 To use PK-INIT you must first have a PKI, so if you don't have one,
1091 it is time to create it. Note that you should read the whole chapter
1092 of the document to see the requirements on the CA software.
1094 There needs to exist a mapping between the certificate and what
1095 principals that certificate is allowed to use. There are several ways
1096 to do this. The administrator can use a configuration file, storing
1097 the principal in the SubjectAltName extension of the certificate, or store the
1098 mapping in the principals entry in the kerberos database.
1100 @section Certificates
1102 This section documents the requirements on the KDC and client
1103 certificates and the format used in the id-pkinit-san OtherName
1106 @subsection KDC certificate
1108 The certificate for the KDC have serveral requirements.
1110 First the certificate should have an Extended Key Usage (EKU)
1111 id-pkkdcekuoid (1.3.6.1.5.2.3.5) set. Second there must be a
1112 subjectAltName otherName using oid id-pkinit-san (1.3.6.1.5.2.2) in
1113 the type field and a DER encoded KRB5PrincipalName that matches the
1114 name of the TGS of the target realm.
1116 Both of these two requirements are not required by the standard to be
1117 checked by the client if it have external information what the
1118 certificate the KDC is supposed to be used. So it's in the interest of
1119 minimum amount of configuration on the clients they should be included.
1121 Remember that if the client would accept any certificate as the KDC's
1122 certificate, the client could be fooled into trusting something that
1123 isn't a KDC and thus expose the user to giving away information (like
1124 password or other private information) that it is supposed to secret.
1126 Also, if the certificate has a nameConstraints extention with a
1127 Generalname with dNSName or iPAdress it must match the hostname or
1130 @subsection Client certificate
1132 The client certificate may need to have a EKU id-pkekuoid
1133 (1.3.6.1.5.2.3.4) set depending on the certifiate on the KDC.
1135 It possible to store the principal (if allowed by the KDC) in the
1136 certificate and thus delegate responsibility to do the mapping between
1137 certificates and principals to the CA.
1139 @subsubsection Using KRB5PrincipalName in id-pkinit-san
1141 OtherName extention in the GeneralName is used to do the
1142 mapping between certifiate and principal in the certifiate or storing
1143 the krbtgt principal in the KDC certificate.
1145 The principal is stored in a SubjectAltName in the certificate using
1146 OtherName. The oid in the type is id-pkinit-san.
1149 id-pkinit-san OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= @{ iso (1) org (3) dod (6)
1150 internet (1) security (5) kerberosv5 (2) 2 @}
1153 The data part of the OtherName is filled with the following DER
1154 encoded ASN.1 structure:
1157 KRB5PrincipalName ::= SEQUENCE @{
1159 principalName [1] PrincipalName
1163 where Realm and PrincipalName is defined by the Kerberos ASN.1 specification.
1165 @section Naming certificate using hx509
1167 hx509 is the X.509 software used in Heimdal to handle
1168 certificates. hx509 uses different syntaxes to specify the different
1169 formats the certificates are stored in and what formats they exist in.
1171 There are several formats that can be used, PEM, embedded into PKCS12
1172 files, embedded into PKCS11 devices and raw DER encoded certificates.
1173 Below is a list of types to use.
1180 DIR is reading all certificates in a directory that is DER or PEM
1183 The main feature of DIR is that the directory is read on demand when
1184 iterating over certificates, that way applictions can for some cases
1185 avoid to store all certificates in memory. It's very useful for tests
1186 that iterate over larger amount of certificates.
1191 DIR:/path/to/der/files
1196 FILE: is used to have the lib pick up a certificate chain and a
1197 private key. The file can be either a PEM (openssl) file or a raw DER
1198 encoded certificate. If it's a PEM file it can contain several keys and
1199 certificates and the code will try to match the private key and
1200 certificate together.
1202 Its useful to have one PEM file that contains all the trust anchors.
1207 FILE:certificate.pem,private-key.key,other-cert.pem,....
1212 PKCS11: is used to handle smartcards via PKCS11 drivers, for example
1213 soft-token, opensc, or muscle. The default is to use all slots on the
1219 PKCS11:shared-object.so
1224 PKCS12: is used to handle PKCS12 files. PKCS12 files commonly have the
1225 extension pfx or p12.
1230 PKCS12:/path/to/file.pfx
1235 @section Configure the Kerberos software
1237 First configure the client's trust anchors and what parameters to
1238 verify, see subsection below how to do that. Now you can use kinit to
1239 get yourself tickets. One example how that can look like is:
1242 $ kinit -C FILE:$HOME/.certs/lha.crt,$HOME/.certs/lha.key lha@@EXAMPLE.ORG
1243 Enter your private key passphrase:
1244 : lha@@nutcracker ; klist
1245 Credentials cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_19100a
1246 Principal: lha@@EXAMPLE.ORG
1248 Issued Expires Principal
1249 Apr 20 02:08:08 Apr 20 12:08:08 krbtgt/EXAMPLE.ORG@@EXAMPLE.ORG
1252 Using PKCS11 it can look like this instead:
1255 $ kinit -C PKCS11:/tmp/pkcs11/lib/soft-pkcs11.so lha@@EXAMPLE.ORG
1256 PIN code for SoftToken (slot):
1258 Credentials cache: API:4
1259 Principal: lha@@EXAMPLE.ORG
1261 Issued Expires Principal
1262 Mar 26 23:40:10 Mar 27 09:40:10 krbtgt/EXAMPLE.ORG@@EXAMPLE.ORG
1266 Write about the kdc.
1268 @section Configure the client
1272 pkinit_anchors = FILE:/path/to/trust-anchors.pem
1276 pkinit_require_eku = true
1277 pkinit_require_krbtgt_otherName = true
1279 pkinit_win2k_require_binding = yes
1284 @section Configure the KDC
1289 pkinit_identity = FILE:/secure/kdc.crt,/secure/kdc.key
1290 pkinit_anchors = FILE:/path/to/trust-anchors.pem
1291 pkinit_pool = PKCS12:/path/to/useful-intermediate-certs.pfx
1292 pkinit_pool = FILE:/path/to/other-useful-intermediate-certs.pem
1293 pkinit_allow_proxy_certificate = false
1294 pkinit_win2k_require_binding = yes
1297 @subsection Using pki-mapping file
1299 Note that the file name is space sensitive.
1302 # cat /var/heimdal/pki-mapping
1303 # comments starts with #
1304 lha@@EXAMPLE.ORG:C=SE,O=Stockholm universitet,CN=Love,UID=lha
1305 lha@@EXAMPLE.ORG:CN=Love,UID=lha
1308 @subsection Using the Kerberos database
1310 @section Use hxtool to create certificates
1312 @subsection Generate certificates
1314 First you need to generate a CA certificate, change the --subject to
1315 something appropriate, the CA certificate will be valid for 10 years.
1317 You need to change --subject in the command below.
1320 hxtool issue-certificate \
1323 --generate-key=rsa \
1324 --subject="CN=CA,DC=test,DC=h5l,DC=se" \
1325 --lifetime=10years \
1326 --certificate="FILE:ca.pem"
1329 The KDC needs to have a certificate, so generate a certificate of the
1330 type ``pkinit-kdc'' and set the PK-INIT specifial SubjectAltName to the
1331 name of the krbtgt of the realm.
1333 You need to change --subject and --pk-init-principal in the command below.
1336 hxtool issue-certificate \
1337 --ca-certificate=FILE:ca.pem \
1338 --generate-key=rsa \
1339 --type="pkinit-kdc" \
1340 --pk-init-principal="krbtgt/TEST.H5L.SE@@TEST.H5L.SE" \
1341 --subject="uid=kdc,DC=test,DC=h5l,DC=se" \
1342 --certificate="FILE:kdc.pem"
1345 The users also needs to have a certificate, so generate a certificate
1346 of the type ``pkinit-client''. The client doesn't need to have the PK-INIT
1347 SubjectAltName set, you can have the Subject DN in the ACL file
1348 (pki-mapping) instead.
1350 You need to change --subject and --pk-init-principal in the command below.
1353 hxtool issue-certificate \
1354 --ca-certificate=FILE:ca.pem \
1355 --generate-key=rsa \
1356 --type="pkinit-client" \
1357 --pk-init-principal="lha@@TEST.H5L.SE" \
1358 --subject="uid=lha,DC=test,DC=h5l,DC=se" \
1359 --certificate="FILE:user.pem"
1362 @subsection Validate the certificate
1364 hxtool also contains a tool that will validate certificates according to
1365 rules from the PKIX document. These checks are not complete, but a good test
1366 to check if you got all of the basic bits right in your certificates.
1369 hxtool validate FILE:user.pem
1372 @section Use OpenSSL to create certificates
1374 This section tries to give the CA owners hints how to create
1375 certificates using OpenSSL (or CA software based on OpenSSL).
1377 @subsection Using OpenSSL to create certificates with krb5PrincipalName
1379 To make OpenSSL create certificates with krb5PrincipalName use
1380 @file{openssl.cnf} as described below. To see a complete example of
1381 creating client and KDC certificates, see the test-data generation
1382 script @file{lib/hx509/data/gen-req.sh} in the source-tree. The
1383 certicates it creates are used to test the PK-INIT functionality in
1384 @file{tests/kdc/check-kdc.in}.
1386 To use this example you have to use OpenSSL 0.9.8a or later.
1391 subjectAltName=otherName:1.3.6.1.5.2.2;SEQUENCE:princ_name
1394 realm = EXP:0, GeneralString:MY.REALM
1395 principal_name = EXP:1, SEQUENCE:principal_seq
1398 name_type = EXP:0, INTEGER:1
1399 name_string = EXP:1, SEQUENCE:principals
1402 princ1 = GeneralString:userid
1409 openssl x509 -extensions user_certificate
1410 openssl ca -extensions user_certificate
1414 @c --- ms certificate
1417 @c msCertificateTemplateName = 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2
1420 @c [ req_smartcard ]
1421 @c keyUsage = digitalSignature, keyEncipherment
1422 @c extendedKeyUsage = msSmartcardLogin, clientAuth
1423 @c msCertificateTemplateName = ASN1:BMP:SmartcardLogon
1424 @c subjectAltName = otherName:msUPN;UTF8:lukeh@dsg.padl.com
1425 @c #subjectAltName = email:copy
1428 @section Using PK-INIT with Windows
1430 @subsection Client configration
1432 Clients using a Windows KDC with PK-INIT need configuration since
1433 windows uses pre-standard format and this can't be autodetected.
1435 The pkinit_win2k_require_binding option requires the reply for the KDC
1436 to be of the new, secure, type that binds the request to reply. Before
1437 clients should fake the reply from the KDC. To use this option you
1438 have to apply a fix from Microsoft.
1444 pkinit_win2k_require_binding = no
1448 @subsection Certificates
1450 The client certificates need to have the extended keyusage ``Microsoft
1451 Smartcardlogin'' (openssl have the oid shortname msSmartcardLogin).
1453 See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 281245 ``Guidelines for Enabling
1454 Smart Card Logon with Third-Party Certification Authorities'' for a
1455 more extensive description of how set setup an external CA to it
1456 includes all information that will make a Windows KDC happy.
1458 @subsection Configure Windows 2000 CA
1460 To enable Microsoft Smartcardlogin> for certificates in your Windows
1461 2000 CA, you want to look at Microsoft Knowledge Base Article -
1462 313274 ``HOW TO: Configure a Certification Authority to Issue
1463 Smart Card Certificates in Windows''.