krb5-config1
Tool for linking against mit kerberos libraries
Usage
krb5-config [{--help | --all | --version | --vendor | --prefix | --exec-prefix | --defccname | --defktname | --defcktname | --cflags | --libs
[libraries]}]
Overview
krb5-config tells the application programmer what flags to use to compile and link programs against the installed Kerberos libraries.
Options
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--help -
prints a usage message. This is the default behavior when no options are specified.
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--all -
prints the version, vendor, prefix, and exec-prefix.
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--version -
prints the version number of the Kerberos installation.
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--vendor -
prints the name of the vendor of the Kerberos installation.
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--prefix -
prints the prefix for which the Kerberos installation was built.
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--exec-prefix -
prints the prefix for executables for which the Kerberos installation was built.
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--defccname -
prints the built-in default credentials cache location.
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--defktname -
prints the built-in default keytab location.
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--defcktname -
prints the built-in default client (initiator) keytab location.
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--cflags -
prints the compilation flags used to build the Kerberos installation.
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--libs [library] -
prints the compiler options needed to link against library. Allowed values for library are:
krb5 Kerberos 5 applications (default) gssapi GSSAPI applications with Kerberos 5 bindings kadm-client Kadmin client kadm-server Kadmin server kdb Applications that access the Kerberos database
Examples
krb5-config is particularly useful for compiling against a Kerberos installation that was installed in a non-standard location. For example, a Kerberos installation that is installed in /opt/krb5/ but uses libraries in /usr/local/lib/ for text localization would produce the following output:
shell% krb5-config --libs krb5 -L/opt/krb5/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/opt/krb5/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err
Releases
13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 9 times.
--all since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--cflags since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--defccname since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--defcktname since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--defktname since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--exec-prefix since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--help since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--libs since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--prefix since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--vendor since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--version since Debian 13 (Trixie).