From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 22:32:41 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document KDC behavior without stash file
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Document KDC behavior without stash file

After the discussion of the optional stash file, document the effects of
not creating a stash file.

ticket: new
Component: krb5-doc
Version_Reported: 1.5.1
Target_Version: 1.6
Tags: pullup

git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/trunk@19035 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970
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diff --git a/doc/install.texinfo b/doc/install.texinfo
index ebd64ce92..fb13a8192 100644
--- a/doc/install.texinfo
+++ b/doc/install.texinfo
@@ -461,6 +461,10 @@ should not be part of any backup of the machine, unless access to the
 backup data is secured as tightly as access to the master password
 itself.
 
+If you choose not to install a stash file, the KDC will prompt you for
+the master key each time it starts up.  This means that the KDC will
+not be able to start automatically, such as after a system reboot.
+
 Note that @code{kdb5_util} will prompt you for the master key for the
 Kerberos database.  This key can be any string.  A good key is one you
 can remember, but that no one else can guess.  Examples of bad keys are