krb5.conf and db options

[Ken Raeburn]

On Jun 25, 2008, at 09:11, Jason Gerfen wrote:
> I read the man page regarding the section on dbmodules and would like
> some clarification.
>
> Is these directory options used by the KDC only? Or can the client
> utilize these options for something other retrieving stashed  
> passwords?

Anything that directly accesses the database -- krb5kdc, kadmind,  
kadmin.local, etc -- would use this information to find out how to  
access the database.  Client-side programs like kpasswd or kadmin do  
not use it; they talk to servers running on the KDC.

Ken