heimdal/doc/setup.texi

@c $Id: setup.texi,v 1.27.2.2 2003/10/21 21:37:56 lha Exp $

@node Setting up a realm, Things in search for a better place, Building and Installing, Top

@chapter Setting up a realm

@menu
* Configuration file::
* Creating the database::
* keytabs::
* Serving Kerberos 4/524/kaserver::
* Remote administration::
* Password changing::
* Testing clients and servers::
* Slave Servers::
* Incremental propagation::
* Salting::
* Cross realm::
* Transit policy::
* Setting up DNS::
@end menu

A
@cindex realm
realm is an administrative domain.  The name of a Kerberos realm is
usually the Internet domain name in uppercase.  Call your realm the same
as your Internet domain name if you do not have strong reasons for not
doing so.  It will make life easier for you and everyone else.

@node  Configuration file, Creating the database, Setting up a realm, Setting up a realm
@section Configuration file

To setup a realm you will first have to create a configuration file:
@file{/etc/krb5.conf}. The @file{krb5.conf} file can contain many
configuration options, some of which are described here.

There is a sample @file{krb5.conf} supplied with the distribution.

The configuration file is a hierarchical structure consisting of
sections, each containing a list of bindings (either variable
assignments or subsections). A section starts with
@samp{[section-name]}.  A binding consists of a left hand side, an equal
(@samp{=}) and a right hand side (the left hand side tag must be
separated from the equal with some whitespace.) Subsections has a
@samp{@{} as the first non-whitespace character after the equal. All
other bindings are treated as variable assignments. The value of a
variable extends to the end of the line.

@example
[section1]
        a-subsection = @{
                var = value1
                other-var = value with @{@}
                sub-sub-section = @{
                        var = 123
                @}
        @}
        var = some other value
[section2]
        var = yet another value
@end example

In this manual, names of sections and bindings will be given as strings
separated by slashes (@samp{/}). The @samp{other-var} variable will thus
be @samp{section1/a-subsection/other-var}.

For in-depth information about the contents of the configuration file, refer to
the @file{krb5.conf} manual page. Some of the more important sections
are briefly described here.

The @samp{libdefaults} section contains a list of library configuration
parameters, such as the default realm and the timeout for KDC
responses. The @samp{realms} section contains information about specific
realms, such as where they hide their KDC. This section serves the same
purpose as the Kerberos 4 @file{krb.conf} file, but can contain more
information. Finally the @samp{domain_realm} section contains a list of
mappings from domains to realms, equivalent to the Kerberos 4
@file{krb.realms} file.

To continue with the realm setup, you will have to create a configuration file,
with contents similar to the following.

@example
[libdefaults]
        default_realm = MY.REALM
[realms]
        MY.REALM = @{
                kdc = my.kdc my.slave.kdc
                kdc = my.third.kdc
        @}
[domain_realm]
        .my.domain = MY.REALM

@end example

If you use a realm name equal to your domain name, you can omit the
@samp{libdefaults}, and @samp{domain_realm}, sections. If you have a
SRV-record for your realm, or your Kerberos server has CNAME called
@samp{kerberos.my.realm}, you can omit the @samp{realms} section too.

@node Creating the database, keytabs, Configuration file, Setting up a realm
@section Creating the database

The database library will look for the database in the directory
@file{/var/heimdal}, so you should probably create that directory.
Make sure the directory have restrictive permissions.

@example
# mkdir /var/heimdal
@end example

The keys of all the principals are stored in the database.  If you
choose to, these can be encrypted with a master key.  You do not have to
remember this key (or password), but just to enter it once and it will
be stored in a file (@file{/var/heimdal/m-key}).  If you want to have a
master key, run @samp{kstash} to create this master key:

@example
# kstash
Master key:
Verifying password - Master key:
@end example

To initialise the database use the @code{kadmin} program, with the
@samp{-l} option (to enable local database mode). First issue a
@kbd{init MY.REALM} command. This will create the database and insert
default principals for that realm. You can have more than one realm in
one database, so @samp{init} does not destroy any old database.

Before creating the database, @samp{init} will ask you some questions
about max ticket lifetimes.

After creating the database you should probably add yourself to it. You
do this with the @samp{add} command. It takes as argument the name of a
principal. The principal should contain a realm, so if you haven't setup
a default realm, you will need to explicitly include the realm.

@example
# kadmin -l
kadmin> init MY.REALM
Realm max ticket life [unlimited]:
Realm max renewable ticket life [unlimited]:
kadmin> add me
Max ticket life [unlimited]:
Max renewable life [unlimited]:
Attributes []:
Password:
Verifying password - Password:
@end example

Now start the KDC and try getting a ticket.

@example
# kdc &
# kinit me
me@@MY.REALMS's Password:
# klist
Credentials cache: /tmp/krb5cc_0
        Principal: me@@MY.REALM

  Issued           Expires          Principal
Aug 25 07:25:55  Aug 25 17:25:55  krbtgt/MY.REALM@@MY.REALM
@end example

If you are curious you can use the @samp{dump} command to list all the
entries in the database.  It should look something similar to the
following example (note that the entries here are truncated for
typographical reasons):

@smallexample
kadmin> dump
me@@MY.REALM 1:0:1:0b01d3cb7c293b57:-:0:7:8aec316b9d1629e3baf8 ...
kadmin/admin@@MY.REALM 1:0:1:e5c8a2675b37a443:-:0:7:cb913ebf85 ...
krbtgt/MY.REALM@@MY.REALM 1:0:1:52b53b61c875ce16:-:0:7:c8943be ...
kadmin/changepw@@MY.REALM 1:0:1:f48c8af2b340e9fb:-:0:7:e3e6088 ...
@end smallexample

@node keytabs, Serving Kerberos 4/524/kaserver, Creating the database, Setting up a realm
@section keytabs

To extract a service ticket from the database and put it in a keytab you
need to first create the principal in the database with @samp{ank}
(using the @kbd{--random-key} flag to get a random key) and then
extract it with @samp{ext_keytab}.

@example
kadmin> add --random-key host/my.host.name
Max ticket life [unlimited]:
Max renewable life [unlimited]:
Attributes []:
kadmin> ext host/my.host.name
# ktutil list
Version  Type             Principal
     1   des-cbc-md5      host/my.host.name@@MY.REALM
     1   des-cbc-md4      host/my.host.name@@MY.REALM
     1   des-cbc-crc      host/my.host.name@@MY.REALM
     1   des3-cbc-sha1    host/my.host.name@@MY.REALM
@end example

@node Serving Kerberos 4/524/kaserver, Remote administration, keytabs, Setting up a realm
@section Serving Kerberos 4/524/kaserver

Heimdal can be configured to support 524, Kerberos 4 or kaserver. All
theses services are default turned off. Kerberos 4 support also
depends on if Kerberos 4 support is compiled in with Heimdal.

@subsection 524

524 is a service that allows the KDC to convert Kerberos 5 tickets to
Kerberos 4 tickets for backward compatibility. See also Using 2b
tokens with AFS in @xref{Things in search for a better place}.

524 can be turned on by adding this to the configuration file

@example
[kdc]
	enable-524 = yes
@end example

@subsection Kerberos 4

Kerberos 4 is the predecessor to to Kerberos 5. It only support single
DES. You should only enable Kerberos 4 support if you have a need for
for compatibility with an installed base of Kerberos 4 clients/servers.

Kerberos 4 can be turned on by adding this to the configuration file

@example
[kdc]
	enable-kerberos4 = yes
@end example

@subsection kaserver

Kaserver is a Kerberos 4 that is used in AFS, the protocol have some
features over plain Kerberos 4, but like Kerberos 4 only use single
DES too.

You should only enable Kerberos 4 support if you have a need for for
compatibility with an installed base of AFS machines.

Kaserver can be turned on by adding this to the configuration file

@example
[kdc]
	enable-kaserver = yes
@end example

@node Remote administration, Password changing, Serving Kerberos 4/524/kaserver, Setting up a realm
@section Remote administration

The administration server, @samp{kadmind}, can be started by
@samp{inetd} (which isn't recommended) or run as a normal daemon. If you
want to start it from @samp{inetd} you should add a line similar to the
one below to your @file{/etc/inetd.conf}.

@example
kerberos-adm stream     tcp     nowait  root /usr/heimdal/libexec/kadmind kadmind
@end example

You might need to add @samp{kerberos-adm} to your @file{/etc/services}
as 749/tcp.

Access to the administration server is controlled by an acl-file, (default
@file{/var/heimdal/kadmind.acl}.) The lines in the access file, has the
following syntax:
@smallexample
principal       [priv1,priv2,...]       [glob-pattern]
@end smallexample

The matching is from top to bottom for matching principal (and if given,
glob-pattern).  When there is a match, the rights of that lines are
used.

The privileges you can assign to a principal are: @samp{add},
@samp{change-password} (or @samp{cpw} for short), @samp{delete},
@samp{get}, @samp{list}, and @samp{modify}, or the special privilege
@samp{all}. All of these roughly corresponds to the different commands
in @samp{kadmin}.

If a @var{glob-pattern} is given on a line, it restricts the right for
the principal to only apply for the subjects that match the pattern.
The patters are of the same type as those used in shell globbing, see
@url{none,,fnmatch(3)}.

In the example below @samp{lha/admin} can change every principal in the
database. @samp{jimmy/admin} can only modify principals that belong to
the realm @samp{E.KTH.SE}. @samp{mille/admin} is working at the
help desk, so he should only be able to change the passwords for single
component principals (ordinary users). He will not be able to change any
@samp{/admin} principal.

@example
lha/admin@@E.KTH.SE	all
jimmy/admin@@E.KTH.SE	all		*@@E.KTH.SE
jimmy/admin@@E.KTH.SE	all		*/*@@E.KTH.SE
mille/admin@@E.KTH.SE	change-password	*@@E.KTH.SE
@end example

@node Password changing, Testing clients and servers, Remote administration, Setting up a realm
@section Password changing

To allow users to change their passwords, you should run @samp{kpasswdd}.
It is not run from @samp{inetd}.

You might need to add @samp{kpasswd} to your @file{/etc/services} as
464/udp.

@subsection Password quality assurance

It is important that users have good passwords, both to make it harder
to guess them and to avoid off-line attacks (pre-authentication provides
some defense against off-line attacks).  To ensure that the users choose
good passwords, you can enable password quality controls in
@samp{kpasswdd}.  The controls themselves are done in a shared library
that is used by @samp{kpasswdd}.  To configure in these controls, add
lines similar to the following to your @file{/etc/krb5.conf}:

@example
[password_quality]
        check_library = @var{library}
        check_function = @var{function}
@end example

The function @var{function} in the shared library @var{library} will be
called for proposed new passwords.  The function should be declared as:

@example
const char *
function(krb5_context context, krb5_principal principal, krb5_data *pwd);
@end example

The function should verify that @var{pwd} is a good password for
@var{principal} and if so return @code{NULL}.  If it is deemed to be of
low quality, it should return a string explaining why that password
should not be used.

Code for a password quality checking function that uses the cracklib
library can be found in @file{lib/kadm5/sample_password_check.c} in the
source code distribution.  It requires the cracklib library built with
the patch available at
@url{ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/krb/src/cracklib.patch}.

If no password quality checking function is configured, it is only
verified that it is at least six characters of length.

@node Testing clients and servers, Slave Servers, Password changing, Setting up a realm
@section Testing clients and servers

Now you should be able to run all the clients and servers.  Refer to the
appropriate man pages for information on how to use them.

@node Slave Servers, Incremental propagation, Testing clients and servers, Setting up a realm
@section Slave servers, Incremental propagation, Testing clients and servers, Setting up a realm

It is desirable to have at least one backup (slave) server in case the
master server fails. It is possible to have any number of such slave
servers but more than three usually doesn't buy much more redundancy.

All Kerberos servers for a realm shall have the same database so that
they present the same service to all the users.  The
@pindex hprop
@code{hprop} program, running on the master, will propagate the database
to the slaves, running
@pindex hpropd
@code{hpropd} processes.

Every slave needs a database directory, the master key (if it was used
for the database) and a keytab with the principal
@samp{hprop/@var{hostname}}.  Add the principal with the
@pindex ktutil
@code{ktutil} command and start
@pindex hpropd
@code{propd}, as follows:

@example
slave# ktutil get -p foo/admin hprop/`hostname`
slave# mkdir /var/heimdal
slave# hpropd
@end example

The master will use the principal @samp{kadmin/hprop} to authenticate to
the slaves.  This principal should be added when running @kbd{kadmin -l
init} but if you do not have it in your database for whatever reason,
please add it with @kbd{kadmin -l add}.

Then run
@pindex hprop
@code{hprop} on the master:

@example
master# hprop slave
@end example

This was just an on-hands example to make sure that everything was
working properly.  Doing it manually is of course the wrong way and to
automate this you will want to start
@pindex hpropd
@code{hpropd} from @code{inetd} on the slave(s) and regularly run
@pindex hprop
@code{hprop} on the master to regularly propagate the database.
Starting the propagation once an hour from @code{cron} is probably a
good idea.

@node Incremental propagation, Salting , Slave Servers, Setting up a realm
@section Incremental propagation

There is also a newer and still somewhat experimental mechanism for
doing incremental propagation in Heimdal.  Instead of sending the whole
database regularly, it sends the changes as they happen on the master to
the slaves.  The master keeps track of all the changes by assigned a
version number to every change 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 changes is kept on the master
and when a slave is at an older versioner than the oldest one in the
log, the whole database has to be sent.

Protocol-wise, all the slaves connects to the master and as a greeting
tell it the latest version that they have (@samp{IHAVE} message).  The
master then responds by sending all the changes between that version and
the current version at the master (a series of @samp{FORYOU} messages)
or the whole database in a @samp{TELLYOUEVERYTHING} message.

@subsection Configuring incremental propagation

The program that runs on the master is @code{ipropd-master} and all
clients run @code{ipropd-slave}.

Create the file @file{/var/heimdal/slaves} on the master containing all
the slaves that the database should be propagated to.  Each line contains
the full name of the principal (for example
@samp{iprop/hemligare.foo.se@@FOO.SE}).

You should already have @samp{iprop/tcp} defined as 2121, in your
@file{/etc/services}.  Otherwise, or if you need to use a different port
for some peculiar reason, you can use the @kbd{--port} option.  This is
useful when you have multiple realms to distribute from one server.

Then you need to create these principals that you added in the
configuration file.  Create one @samp{iprop/hostname} for the master and
for every slave.


@example
master# /usr/heimdal/sbin/ktutil get iprop/`hostname`
@end example

The next step is to start the @code{ipropd-master} process on the master
server.  The @code{ipropd-master} listens on the UNIX-socket
@file{/var/heimdal/signal} to know when changes have been made to the
database so they can be propagated to the slaves.  There is also a
safety feature of testing the version number regularly (every 30
seconds) to see if it has been modified by some means that do not raise
this signal.  Then, start @code{ipropd-slave} on all the slaves:

@example
master# /usr/heimdal/libexec/ipropd-master &
slave#  /usr/heimdal/libexec/ipropd-slave master &
@end example

@node Salting, Cross realm, Incremental propagation, Setting up a realm
@section Salting
@cindex Salting

Salting is used to make it harder to precalculate all possible
keys. Using a salt increases the search space to make it almost
impossible to precalculate all keys. Salting is the process of mixing a
public string (the salt) with the password, then sending it through an
encryption-type specific string-to-key function that will output the
fixed size encryption key.

In Kerberos 5 the salt is determined by the encryption-type, except
in some special cases.

In @code{des} there is the Kerberos 4 salt
(none at all) or the afs-salt (using the cell (realm in
afs-lingo)).

In @code{arcfour} (the encryption type that Microsoft Windows 2000 uses)
there is no salt. This is to be compatible with NTLM keys in Windows
NT 4.

@code{[kadmin]default_keys} in @file{krb5.conf} controls
what salting to use,

The syntax of @code{[kadmin]default_keys} is
@samp{[etype:]salt-type[:salt-string]}. @samp{etype} is the encryption
type (des, des3, arcfour), @code{salt-type} is the type of salt (pw-salt
or afs3-salt), and the salt-string is the string that will be used as
salt (remember that if the salt is appended/prepended, the empty salt ""
is the same thing as no salt at all).

Common types of salting includes

@itemize @bullet
@item @code{v4} (or @code{des:pw-salt:})

The Kerberos 4 salting is using no salt att all. Reason there is colon
that the end or the salt string is that it makes the salt the empty
string (same as no salt).

@item @code{v5} (or @code{pw-salt})

@code{pw-salt} means all regular encryption-types that is regular

@item @code{afs3-salt}

@code{afs3-salt} is the salting that is used with Transarc kaserver. Its
the cell appended to the password.

@end itemize

@node Cross realm, Transit policy , Salting, Setting up a realm
@section Cross realm
@cindex Cross realm

Suppose you are residing in the realm @samp{MY.REALM}, how do you
authenticate to a server in @samp{OTHER.REALM}? Having valid tickets in
@samp{MY.REALM} allows you to communicate with kerberised services in that
realm. However, the computer in the other realm does not have a secret
key shared with the Kerberos server in your realm.

It is possible to add a share keys between two realms that trust each
other. When a client program, such as @code{telnet} or @code{ssh},
finds that the other computer is in a different realm, it will try to
get a ticket granting ticket for that other realm, but from the local
Kerberos server. With that ticket granting ticket, it will then obtain
service tickets from the Kerberos server in the other realm.

For a two way trust between @samp{MY.REALM} and @samp{OTHER.REALM}
add the following principals to each realm. The principals should be
@samp{krbtgt/OTHER.REALM@@MY.REALM} and
@samp{krbtgt/MY.REALM@@OTHER.REALM} in @samp{MY.REALM}, and
@samp{krbtgt/MY.REALM@@OTHER.REALM} and
@samp{krbtgt/OTHER.REALM@@MY.REALM}in @samp{OTHER.REALM}.

In Kerberos 5 the trust can be one configured to be one way. So that
users from @samp{MY.REALM} can authenticate to services in
@samp{OTHER.REALM}, but not the opposite. In the example above, the
@samp{krbtgt/MY.REALM@@OTHER.REALM} then should be removed.

The two principals must have the same key, key version number, and the
same set of encryption types. Remember to transfer the two keys in a
safe manner.

@example
@cartouche
vr$ klist
Credentials cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_913.console
        Principal: lha@@E.KTH.SE

  Issued           Expires          Principal
May  3 13:55:52  May  3 23:55:54  krbtgt/E.KTH.SE@@E.KTH.SE

vr$ telnet -l lha hummel.it.su.se
Trying 2001:6b0:5:1095:250:fcff:fe24:dbf...
Connected to hummel.it.su.se.
Escape character is '^]'.
Waiting for encryption to be negotiated...
[ Trying mutual KERBEROS5 (host/hummel.it.su.se@@SU.SE)... ]
[ Kerberos V5 accepts you as ``lha@@E.KTH.SE'' ]
Encryption negotiated.
Last login: Sat May  3 14:11:47 from vr.l.nxs.se
hummel$ exit

vr$ klist
Credentials cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_913.console
        Principal: lha@@E.KTH.SE

  Issued           Expires          Principal
May  3 13:55:52  May  3 23:55:54  krbtgt/E.KTH.SE@@E.KTH.SE
May  3 13:55:56  May  3 23:55:54  krbtgt/SU.SE@@E.KTH.SE
May  3 14:10:54  May  3 23:55:54  host/hummel.it.su.se@@SU.SE

@end cartouche
@end example

@node Transit policy, Setting up DNS , Cross realm, Setting up a realm
@section Transit policy
@cindex Transit policy

If you want to use cross realm authentication through an intermediate
realm it must be explicitly allowed by either the KDCs or the server
receiving the request. This is done in @file{krb5.conf} in the
@code{[capaths]} section.

When the ticket transits through a realm to another realm, the
destination realm adds its peer to the "transited-realms" field in the
ticket. The field is unordered, this is since there is no way to know if
know if one of the transited-realms changed the order of the list.

The syntax for @code{[capaths]} section:

@example
@cartouche
[capaths]
        CLIENT-REALM = @{
                SERVER-REALM = PERMITTED-CROSS-REALMS ...
        @}
@end cartouche
@end example

The realm @code{STACKEN.KTH.SE} allows clients from @code{SU.SE} and
@code{DSV.SU.SE} to cross in. Since @code{STACKEN.KTH.SE} only have
direct cross realm with @code{KTH.SE}, and @code{DSV.SU.SE} only have direct cross
realm with @code{SU.SE} they need to use both @code{SU.SE} and
@code{KTH.SE} as transit realms.

@example
@cartouche
[capaths]
	SU.SE = @{
                    STACKEN.KTH.SE = KTH.SE
	@}
	DSV.SU.SE = @{
                    STACKEN.KTH.SE = SU.SE KTH.SE
	@}

@end cartouche
@end example

@c To test the cross realm configuration, use:
@c    kmumble transit-check client server transit-realms ...

@node Setting up DNS, , Transit policy, Setting up a realm
@section Setting up DNS
@cindex Setting up DNS

If there is information about where to find the KDC or kadmind for a
realm in the @file{krb5.conf} for a realm, that information will be
preferred and DNS will not be queried.

Heimdal will try to use DNS to find the KDCs for a realm. First it
will try to find @code{SRV} resource record (RR) for the realm. If no
SRV RRs are found, it will fall back to looking for a @code{A} RR for
a machine named kerberos.REALM, and then kerberos-1.REALM, etc

Adding this information to DNS makes the client have less
configuration (in the common case, no configuration) and allows the
system administrator to change the number of KDCs and on what machines
they are running without caring about clients.

The backside of using DNS that the client might be fooled to use the
wrong server if someone fakes DNS replies/data, but storing the IP
addresses of the KDC on all the clients makes it very hard to change
the infrastructure.

Example of the configuration for the realm @code{EXAMPLE.COM},

@example

$ORIGIN example.com.
_kerberos._tcp          SRV     10 1 88 kerberos.example.com.
_kerberos._udp          SRV     10 1 88 kerberos.example.com.
_kerberos._tcp          SRV     10 1 88 kerberos-1.example.com.
_kerberos._udp          SRV     10 1 88 kerberos-1.example.com.
_kpasswd._udp           SRV     10 1 464 kerberos.example.com.
_kerberos-adm._tcp	SRV	10 1 749 kerberos.example.com.

@end example

More information about DNS SRV resource records can be found in
RFC-2782 (A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)).