Passwordless access to kadmin?

[John Hascall]

   Extract the key into a keytab and use this:
      -k keytab
   ???


John


> Hi folks,
> 
> 	I'm new to kerberos, and I'm trying to figure out how
> to invoke kadmin from a web-based script, without prompting for
> the root/admin password.  (FWIW, this is part of an account-
> migration scheme.  Users will authenticate with their NIS 
> credentials, then the script will create a kerberos principal
> for them.)
> 
> 	I realize that I could just use "kadmin -w" and stick
> the password in plaintext into the script, but I'd rather not
> have to do that.  Is there a more secure way to do this?
> 
> 					Thanks in advance,
> 					Bryan
> 
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