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KADM5.ACL(5) Standards, Environments, and Macros KADM5.ACL(5)

NAME

kadm5.acl - Kerberos access control list (ACL) file

SYNOPSIS

/etc/krb5/kadm5.acl

DESCRIPTION

The ACL file is used by the kadmind(8) command to determine which
principals are allowed to perform Kerberos administration actions. For
operations that affect principals, the ACL file also controls which
principals can operate on which other principals. The location of the ACL
file is determined by the acl_file configuration variable in the
kdc.conf(5) file. The default location is /etc/krb5/kadm5.acl.

For incremental propagation, see kadmind(8). The ACL file must contain
the kiprop service principal with propagation privileges in order for the
slave KDC to pull updates from the master's principal database. Refer to
the EXAMPLES section for this case.

The ACL file can contain comment lines, null lines, or lines that contain
ACL entries. Comment lines start with the pound sign (#) and continue
until the end of the line.

The order of entries is significant. The first matching entry specifies
the principal on which the control access applies, whether it is on just
the principal or on the principal when it operates on a target principal.

Lines containing ACL entries must have the following format:

principal operation-mask [operation-target]

principal
Specifies the principal on which the operation-mask
applies. Can specify either a partially or fully
qualified Kerberos principal name. Each component of
the name can be substituted with a wildcard, using
the asterisk ( * ) character.

operation-mask
Specifies what operations can or cannot be performed
by a principal matching a particular entry. Specify
operation-mask as one or more privileges.

A privilege is a string of one or more of the
following characters: a, A, c, C, d, D, i, I, l, L,
m, M, p, P, u, U, x, or *. Generally, if the
character is lowercase, the privilege is allowed and
if the character is uppercase, the operation is
disallowed. The x and * characters are exceptions to
the uppercase convention.

The following privileges are supported:

a
Allows the addition of principals or policies in
the database.

A
Disallows the addition of principals or policies
in the database.

c
Allows the changing of passwords for principals
in the database.

C
Disallows the changing of passwords for
principals in the database.

d
Allows the deletion of principals or policies in
the database.

D
Disallows the deletion of principals or policies
in the database.

i
Allows inquiries to the database.

I
Disallows inquiries to the database.

l
Allows the listing of principals or policies in
the database.

L
Disallows the listing of principals or policies
in the database.

m
Allows the modification of principals or
policies in the database.

M
Disallows the modification of principals or
policies in the database.

p
Allow the propagation of the principal database.

P
Disallow the propagation of the principal
database.

u
Allows the creation of one-component user
principals whose password can be validated with
PAM.

U
Negates the u privilege.

x
Short for specifying privileges a, d,m,c,i, and
l. The same as *.

*
Short for specifying privileges a, d,m,c,i, and
l. The same as x.

operation-target
Optional. When specified, the privileges apply to the
principal when it operates on the operation-target.
For the operation-target, you can specify a partially
or fully qualified Kerberos principal name. Each
component of the name can be substituted by a
wildcard, using the asterisk ( * ) character.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Specifying a Standard, Fully Qualified Name

The following ACL entry specifies a standard, fully qualified name:

user/instance@realm adm

The operation-mask applies only to the user/instance@realm principal and
specifies that the principal can add, delete, or modify principals and
policies, but it cannot change passwords.

Example 2: Specifying a Standard Fully Qualified Name and Target

The following ACL entry specifies a standard, fully qualified name:

user/instance@realm cim service/instance@realm

The operation-mask applies only to the user/instance@realm principal
operating on the service/instance@realm target, and specifies that the
principal can change the target's password, request information about the
target, and modify it.

Example 3: Specifying a Name Using a Wildcard

The following ACL entry specifies a name using a wildcard:

user/*@realm ac

The operation-mask applies to all principals in realm realm whose first
component is user and specifies that the principals can add principals
and change passwords.

Example 4: Specifying a Name Using a Wildcard and a Target

The following ACL entry specifies a name using a wildcard and a target:

user/*@realm i */instance@realm

The operation-mask applies to all principals in realm realm whose first
component is user and specifies that the principals can perform inquiries
on principals whose second component is instance and realm is realm.

Example 5: Specifying Incremental Propagation Privileges

The following ACL entry specifies propagation privileges for the kiprop
service principal:

kiprop/slavehost@realm p

The operation-mask applies to the kiprop service principal for the
specified slave host slavehost in realm realm. This specifies that the
associated kiprop service principal can receive incremental principal
updates.

FILES

/etc/krb5/kdc.conf
KDC configuration information.

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