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.TH KPROPD 8 "Kerberos Version 5.0" "MIT Project Athena"
.SH NAME
kpropd \- Kerberos V5 slave KDC update server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B kprop
[
.B \-r
.I realm
] [
.B \-f
.I slave_dumpfile
] [
.B \-F
.I principal_database
] [
.B \-p
.I kdb5_edit_prog
] [
.B \-d
] [
.B \-S
] [
.B \-P
.I port
]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I kpropd 
is the server which accepts connections from the 
.IR kprop (8)
program.  
.I kpropd 
accepts the dumped KDC database and places it in a file, and then runs 
.IR kdb5_edit (8)
to load the dumped database into the active database which is used by 
.IR krb5kdc (8).
Thus, the master Kerberos server can use 
.IR kprop (8)
to propagate its database to the slave slavers.  Upon a successful download 
of the KDC database file, the slave Kerberos server will have an
up-to-date KDC database. 
.PP
Normally, kpropd is invoked out of 
.I inetd(8).  
This is done by adding a
line to the inetd.conf file which looks like this:

kprop	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/krb5/bin/kpropd	kpropd

However, kpropd can also run as a standalone deamon, if the 
.B \-S 
option is
turned on.  This is done for debugging purposes, or if for some reason
the system administrator just doesn't want to run it out of 
.I inetd(8).  
.PP
The
.B \-r
.I realm
option specifies the realm of the master server; by default the realm
returned by 
.IR krb5_default_local_realm (3)
is used.
.PP
The
.B \-f
.I file
option specifies the filename where the dumped principal database file
is to be stored; by default the dumped database file is KPROPD_DEFAULT_FILE
(normally /krb5/from_master).
.PP
The 
.B \-p
option allows the user to specify the pathname to the 
.IR kdb5_edit (8)
program; by default the pathname used is KPROPD_DEFAULT_KDB5_EDIT
(normally /krb5/bin/kdb5_edit).
.PP
The
.B \-S
option turns on standalone mode.  Normally, kpropd is invoked out of
.IR inetd (8)
and so it expects a network connection to be passed to it from
.I inetd (8).
If the 
.B \-S 
option is specified, kpropd will put itself into the background, and
wait for connections to the KPROP_SERVICE port (normally krb5_prop).
.PP
The
.B \-d
option turns on debug mode.  In this mode, if the 
.B \-S 
option is selected, 
.I kpropd
will not detach itself from the current job and run in the background.
Instead, it will run in the foreground and print out debugging
messages during the database propagation.
.PP
The 
.B \-P
option allows for an alternate port number for 
.I kpropd
to listen on. This is only useful if the program is run in standalone
mode. 
.SH SEE ALSO
kprop(8), kdb5_edit(8), krb5kdc(8), inetd(8)

