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IPROP(8)                    System Manager's Manual                   IPROP(8)

NAME
     iprop, ipropd-master, ipropd-slave - propagate transactions from a
     Heimdal Kerberos master KDC to slave KDCs

SYNOPSIS
     ipropd-master [-c string | --config-file=string] [-r string |
                   --realm=string] [-k kspec | --keytab=kspec] [-d file |
                   --database=file] [--slave-stats-file=file]
                   [--time-missing=time] [--time-gone=time] [--detach]
                   [--version] [--help]
     ipropd-slave [-c string | --config-file=string] [-r string |
                  --realm=string] [-k kspec | --keytab=kspec]
                  [--time-lost=time] [--detach] [--version] [--help] master

DESCRIPTION
     ipropd-master is used to propagate changes to a Heimdal Kerberos database
     from the master Kerberos server on which it runs to slave Kerberos
     servers running ipropd-slave.

     The slaves are specified by the contents of the slaves file in the KDC's
     database directory, e.g. /var/heimdal/slaves.  This has principals one
     per-line of the form
           iprop/slave@REALM
     where slave is the hostname of the slave server in the given REALM, e.g.
           iprop/kerberos-1.example.com@EXAMPLE.COM
     On a slave, the argument master specifies the hostname of the master
     server from which to receive updates.

     In contrast to hprop(8), which sends the whole database to the slaves
     regularly, iprop normally sends only the changes as they happen on the
     master.  The master keeps track of all the changes by assigning a version
     number to every transaction to the database.  The slaves know which was
     the latest version they saw, and in this way it can be determined if they
     are in sync or not.  A log of all the transactions is kept on the master.
     When a slave is at an older version than the oldest one in the log, the
     whole database has to be sent.

     The log of transactions is also used to implement a two-phase commit
     (with roll-forward for recovery) method of updating the HDB.
     Transactions are first recorded in the log, then in the HDB, then the log
     is updated to mark the transaction as committed.

     The changes are propagated over a secure channel (on port 2121 by
     default).  This should normally be defined as "iprop/tcp" in
     /etc/services or another source of the services database.  The master and
     slaves must each have access to a keytab with keys for the iprop service
     principal on the local host.

     There is a keep-alive feature logged in the master's slave-stats file
     (e.g. /var/heimdal/slave-stats).

     Supported options for ipropd-master:

     -c string, --config-file=string

     -r string, --realm=string

     -k kspec, --keytab=kspec
             keytab to get authentication from

     -d file, --database=file
             Database (default per KDC)

     --slave-stats-file=file
             file for slave status information

     --time-missing=time
             time before slave is polled for presence (default 2 min)

     --time-gone=time
             time of inactivity after which a slave is considered gone
             (default 5 min)

     --detach
             detach from console

     --version

     --help

     Supported options for ipropd-slave:

     -c string, --config-file=string

     -r string, --realm=string

     -k kspec, --keytab=kspec
             keytab to get authentication from

     --time-lost=time
             time before server is considered lost (default 5 min)

     --detach
             detach from console

     --version

     --help
     Time arguments for the relevant options above may be specified in forms
     like 5 min, 300 s, or simply a number of seconds.

FILES
     slaves, slave-stats in the database directory.  ipropd-master.pid,
     ipropd-slave.pid in the database directory, or in the directory named by
     the HEIM_PIDFILE_DIR environment variable.

SEE ALSO
     krb5.conf(5), hprop(8), hpropd(8), iprop-log(8), kdc(8).

NetBSD 10.99                     May 24, 2005                     NetBSD 10.99