NCSA: Kerberos Configuration Information

Here is the latest krb5.conf in use at NCSA. This file is installed in /etc/krb5.conf under Linux/Unix, or as C:\Windows\krb5.ini on Windows.

To simply get access to NCSA's Kerberos realm you need the following information in your krb5.conf file.

Under [realms]:

        NCSA.EDU = {
                kdc = kerberos.ncsa.uiuc.edu:88
                kdc = kerberos-1.ncsa.uiuc.edu:88
                kdc = kerberos-2.ncsa.uiuc.edu:88
                admin_server = kadmin.ncsa.uiuc.edu:749
                default_domain = ncsa.uiuc.edu
        }

And under [domain_realm]:

        .ncsa.uiuc.edu = NCSA.EDU
        .ncsa.illinois.edu = NCSA.EDU
        .ncsa.edu = NCSA.EDU

If your home realm is NCSA.EDU then you can also set the following in the [libdefaults] section:

        default_realm = NCSA.EDU

For Mac users, grab our version of edu.mit.Kerberos which goes in /Library/Preferences/. You may also want to grab the OS X Kerberos Extras which will help get Fetch and Eudora working.

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Comments or questions about this page may be sent to kerberos@ncsa.uiuc.edu