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For operations that affect principals, the ACL file also controls which principals can operate on which other principals.</p> <p>The default location of the Kerberos ACL file is <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/var/kerberos</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/krb5kdc</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/kadm5.acl</span></tt> unless this is overridden by the <em>acl_file</em> variable in <a class="reference internal" href="kdc_conf.html#kdc-conf-5"><em>kdc.conf</em></a>.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="syntax"> <h2>SYNTAX<a class="headerlink" href="#syntax" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Empty lines and lines starting with the sharp sign (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">#</span></tt>) are ignored. Lines containing ACL entries have the format:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>principal permissions [target_principal [restrictions] ]</pre> </div> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">Line order in the ACL file is important. The first matching entry will control access for an actor principal on a target principal.</p> </div> <dl class="docutils"> <dt><em>principal</em></dt> <dd><p class="first">(Partially or fully qualified Kerberos principal name.) Specifies the principal whose permissions are to be set.</p> <p class="last">Each component of the name may be wildcarded using the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">*</span></tt> character.</p> </dd> <dt><em>permissions</em></dt> <dd><p class="first">Specifies what operations may or may not be performed by a <em>principal</em> matching a particular entry. This is a string of one or more of the following list of characters or their upper-case counterparts. If the character is <em>upper-case</em>, then the operation is disallowed. If the character is <em>lower-case</em>, then the operation is permitted.</p> <table border="1" class="last docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="2%" /> <col width="98%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-odd"><td>a</td> <td>[Dis]allows the addition of principals or policies</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>c</td> <td>[Dis]allows the changing of passwords for principals</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>d</td> <td>[Dis]allows the deletion of principals or policies</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>e</td> <td>[Dis]allows the extraction of principal keys</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>i</td> <td>[Dis]allows inquiries about principals or policies</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>l</td> <td>[Dis]allows the listing of all principals or policies</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>m</td> <td>[Dis]allows the modification of principals or policies</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>p</td> <td>[Dis]allows the propagation of the principal database (used in <a class="reference internal" href="../database.html#incr-db-prop"><em>Incremental database propagation</em></a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>s</td> <td>[Dis]allows the explicit setting of the key for a principal</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>x</td> <td>Short for admcilsp. All privileges (except <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">e</span></tt>)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>*</td> <td>Same as x.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </dd> </dl> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">extract</span></tt> privilege is not included in the wildcard privilege; it must be explicitly assigned. This privilege allows the user to extract keys from the database, and must be handled with great care to avoid disclosure of important keys like those of the kadmin/* or krbtgt/* principals. The <strong>lockdown_keys</strong> principal attribute can be used to prevent key extraction from specific principals regardless of the granted privilege.</p> </div> <dl class="docutils"> <dt><em>target_principal</em></dt> <dd><p class="first">(Optional. Partially or fully qualified Kerberos principal name.) Specifies the principal on which <em>permissions</em> may be applied. Each component of the name may be wildcarded using the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">*</span></tt> character.</p> <p class="last"><em>target_principal</em> can also include back-references to <em>principal</em>, in which <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">*number</span></tt> matches the corresponding wildcard in <em>principal</em>.</p> </dd> <dt><em>restrictions</em></dt> <dd><p class="first">(Optional) A string of flags. Allowed restrictions are:</p> <blockquote> <div><dl class="docutils"> <dt>{+|-}<em>flagname</em></dt> <dd>flag is forced to the indicated value. The permissible flags are the same as those for the <strong>default_principal_flags</strong> variable in <a class="reference internal" href="kdc_conf.html#kdc-conf-5"><em>kdc.conf</em></a>.</dd> <dt><em>-clearpolicy</em></dt> <dd>policy is forced to be empty.</dd> <dt><em>-policy pol</em></dt> <dd>policy is forced to be <em>pol</em>.</dd> <dt>-{<em>expire, pwexpire, maxlife, maxrenewlife</em>} <em>time</em></dt> <dd>(<a class="reference internal" href="../../basic/date_format.html#getdate"><em>getdate time</em></a> string) associated value will be forced to MIN(<em>time</em>, requested value).</dd> </dl> </div></blockquote> <p class="last">The above flags act as restrictions on any add or modify operation which is allowed due to that ACL line.</p> </dd> </dl> <div class="admonition warning"> <p class="first admonition-title">Warning</p> <p class="last">If the kadmind ACL file is modified, the kadmind daemon needs to be restarted for changes to take effect.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="example"> <h2>EXAMPLE<a class="headerlink" href="#example" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Here is an example of a kadm5.acl file:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>*/admin@ATHENA.MIT.EDU * # line 1 joeadmin@ATHENA.MIT.EDU ADMCIL # line 2 joeadmin/*@ATHENA.MIT.EDU i */root@ATHENA.MIT.EDU # line 3 */root@ATHENA.MIT.EDU ci *1@ATHENA.MIT.EDU # line 4 */root@ATHENA.MIT.EDU l * # line 5 sms@ATHENA.MIT.EDU x * -maxlife 9h -postdateable # line 6</pre> </div> <p>(line 1) Any principal in the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ATHENA.MIT.EDU</span></tt> realm with an <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">admin</span></tt> instance has all administrative privileges.</p> <p>(lines 1-3) The user <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">joeadmin</span></tt> has all permissions with his <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">admin</span></tt> instance, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">joeadmin/admin@ATHENA.MIT.EDU</span></tt> (matches line 1). He has no permissions at all with his null instance, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">joeadmin@ATHENA.MIT.EDU</span></tt> (matches line 2). His <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">root</span></tt> and other non-<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">admin</span></tt>, non-null instances (e.g., <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">extra</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dbadmin</span></tt>) have inquire permissions with any principal that has the instance <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">root</span></tt> (matches line 3).</p> <p>(line 4) Any <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">root</span></tt> principal in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ATHENA.MIT.EDU</span></tt> can inquire or change the password of their null instance, but not any other null instance. (Here, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">*1</span></tt> denotes a back-reference to the component matching the first wildcard in the actor principal.)</p> <p>(line 5) Any <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">root</span></tt> principal in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ATHENA.MIT.EDU</span></tt> can generate the list of principals in the database, and the list of policies in the database. This line is separate from line 4, because list permission can only be granted globally, not to specific target principals.</p> <p>(line 6) Finally, the Service Management System principal <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sms@ATHENA.MIT.EDU</span></tt> has all permissions, but any principal that it creates or modifies will not be able to get postdateable tickets or tickets with a life of longer than 9 hours.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="see-also"> <h2>SEE ALSO<a class="headerlink" href="#see-also" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p><a class="reference internal" href="kdc_conf.html#kdc-conf-5"><em>kdc.conf</em></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../admin_commands/kadmind.html#kadmind-8"><em>kadmind</em></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <h2>On this page</h2> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">kadm5.acl</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li> <li><a 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