From b4d4720c936546fed3b9a4082938fda5b1cd4257 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Allbery Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 22:32:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- doc/install.texinfo | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.26.2