kadmin question

[Dieter Schicker]

Huub wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm setting up a kerberos/heimdal server and according to the steps I'm 
> following I have to do this:
> 
>  kadmin -p alice/admin
>  kadmin> add --random-key host/hostname.example.com
>  kadmin> ext keytab -k /tmp/krb5.keytab-hostname
>  host/hostname.example.com
> 
> My question is this: do I have to type host/ just like that or do I have 
> to fill in something? 

Yes, just like that. In this way you create a host service principal.

> Also, it says that it fails to find the server, but I'm doing this on 
> the server and ran "kdc" (though this document says "kdc start" but then 
> I get an explanation on how to use kdc).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Huub