<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>krb5-config — MIT Kerberos Documentation</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/agogo.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/kerb.css" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = { URL_ROOT: '../../', VERSION: '1.12.5', COLLAPSE_INDEX: false, FILE_SUFFIX: '.html', HAS_SOURCE: true }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/underscore.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/doctools.js"></script> <link rel="author" title="About these documents" href="../../about.html" /> <link rel="copyright" title="Copyright" href="../../copyright.html" /> <link rel="top" title="MIT Kerberos Documentation" href="../../index.html" /> <link rel="up" title="User commands" href="index.html" /> <link rel="next" title="ksu" href="ksu.html" /> <link rel="prev" title="kpasswd" href="kpasswd.html" /> </head> <body> <div class="header-wrapper"> <div class="header"> <h1><a href="../../index.html">MIT Kerberos Documentation</a></h1> <div class="rel"> <a href="../../index.html" title="Full Table of Contents" accesskey="C">Contents</a> | <a href="kpasswd.html" title="kpasswd" accesskey="P">previous</a> | <a href="ksu.html" title="ksu" accesskey="N">next</a> | <a href="../../genindex.html" title="General Index" accesskey="I">index</a> | <a href="../../search.html" title="Enter search criteria" accesskey="S">Search</a> | <a href="mailto:krb5-bugs@mit.edu?subject=Documentation__krb5-config">feedback</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="content"> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body"> <div class="section" id="krb5-config"> <span id="krb5-config-1"></span><h1>krb5-config<a class="headerlink" href="#krb5-config" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <div class="section" id="synopsis"> <h2>SYNOPSIS<a class="headerlink" href="#synopsis" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p><strong>krb5-config</strong> [<strong>-</strong><strong>-help</strong> | <strong>-</strong><strong>-all</strong> | <strong>-</strong><strong>-version</strong> | <strong>-</strong><strong>-vendor</strong> | <strong>-</strong><strong>-prefix</strong> | <strong>-</strong><strong>-exec-prefix</strong> | <strong>-</strong><strong>-defccname</strong> | <strong>-</strong><strong>-defktname</strong> | <strong>-</strong><strong>-defcktname</strong> | <strong>-</strong><strong>-cflags</strong> | <strong>-</strong><strong>-libs</strong> [<em>libraries</em>]]</p> </div> <div class="section" id="description"> <h2>DESCRIPTION<a class="headerlink" href="#description" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>krb5-config tells the application programmer what flags to use to compile and link programs against the installed Kerberos libraries.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="options"> <h2>OPTIONS<a class="headerlink" href="#options" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="docutils"> <dt><strong>-</strong><strong>-help</strong></dt> <dd>prints a usage message. This is the default behavior when no options are specified.</dd> <dt><strong>-</strong><strong>-all</strong></dt> <dd>prints the version, vendor, prefix, and exec-prefix.</dd> <dt><strong>-</strong><strong>-version</strong></dt> <dd>prints the version number of the Kerberos installation.</dd> <dt><strong>-</strong><strong>-vendor</strong></dt> <dd>prints the name of the vendor of the Kerberos installation.</dd> <dt><strong>-</strong><strong>-prefix</strong></dt> <dd>prints the prefix for which the Kerberos installation was built.</dd> <dt><strong>-</strong><strong>-exec-prefix</strong></dt> <dd>prints the prefix for executables for which the Kerberos installation was built.</dd> <dt><strong>-</strong><strong>-defccname</strong></dt> <dd>prints the built-in default credentials cache location.</dd> <dt><strong>-</strong><strong>-defktname</strong></dt> <dd>prints the built-in default keytab location.</dd> <dt><strong>-</strong><strong>-defcktname</strong></dt> <dd>prints the built-in default client (initiator) keytab location.</dd> <dt><strong>-</strong><strong>-cflags</strong></dt> <dd>prints the compilation flags used to build the Kerberos installation.</dd> <dt><strong>-</strong><strong>-libs</strong> [<em>library</em>]</dt> <dd><p class="first">prints the compiler options needed to link against <em>library</em>. Allowed values for <em>library</em> are:</p> <table border="1" class="last docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="20%" /> <col width="80%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-odd"><td>krb5</td> <td>Kerberos 5 applications (default)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>gssapi</td> <td>GSSAPI applications with Kerberos 5 bindings</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>kadm-client</td> <td>Kadmin client</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>kadm-server</td> <td>Kadmin server</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>kdb</td> <td>Applications that access the Kerberos database</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="section" id="examples"> <h2>EXAMPLES<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>krb5-config is particularly useful for compiling against a Kerberos installation that was installed in a non-standard location. For example, a Kerberos installation that is installed in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/opt/krb5/</span></tt> but uses libraries in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/usr/local/lib/</span></tt> for text localization would produce the following output:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>shell% krb5-config --libs krb5 -L/opt/krb5/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/opt/krb5/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="see-also"> <h2>SEE ALSO<a class="headerlink" href="#see-also" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>kerberos(1), cc(1)</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <h2>On this page</h2> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">krb5-config</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#options">OPTIONS</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#examples">EXAMPLES</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#see-also">SEE ALSO</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <br/> <h2>Table of contents</h2> <ul class="current"> <li class="toctree-l1 current"><a class="reference internal" href="../index.html">For users</a><ul class="current"> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../pwd_mgmt.html">Password management</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../tkt_mgmt.html">Ticket management</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../user_config/index.html">User config files</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2 current"><a class="reference internal" href="index.html">User commands</a><ul class="current"> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="kdestroy.html">kdestroy</a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="kinit.html">kinit</a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="klist.html">klist</a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="kpasswd.html">kpasswd</a></li> <li class="toctree-l3 current"><a class="current reference internal" href="">krb5-config</a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="ksu.html">ksu</a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="kswitch.html">kswitch</a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="kvno.html">kvno</a></li> <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="sclient.html">sclient</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../admin/index.html">For administrators</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../appdev/index.html">For application developers</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../plugindev/index.html">For plugin module developers</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../build/index.html">Building Kerberos V5</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../basic/index.html">Kerberos V5 concepts</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../formats/index.html">Protocols and file formats</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../mitK5features.html">MIT Kerberos features</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../build_this.html">How to build this documentation from the source</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../about.html">Contributing to the MIT Kerberos Documentation</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../../resources.html">Resources</a></li> </ul> <br/> <h4><a href="../../index.html">Full Table of Contents</a></h4> <h4>Search</h4> <form class="search" action="../../search.html" method="get"> <input type="text" name="q" size="18" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> </form> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="footer-wrapper"> <div class="footer" > <div class="right" ><i>Release: 1.12.5</i><br /> © <a href="../../copyright.html">Copyright</a> 1985-2015, MIT. </div> <div class="left"> <a href="../../index.html" title="Full Table of Contents" >Contents</a> | <a href="kpasswd.html" title="kpasswd" >previous</a> | <a href="ksu.html" title="ksu" >next</a> | <a href="../../genindex.html" title="General Index" >index</a> | <a href="../../search.html" title="Enter search criteria" >Search</a> | <a href="mailto:krb5-bugs@mit.edu?subject=Documentation__krb5-config">feedback</a> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>