How To Install krb5-kdc-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-kdc-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is krb5-kdc-ldap
krb5-kdc-ldap is:
Kerberos is a system for authenticating users and services on a network. Kerberos is a trusted third-party service. That means that there is a third party (the Kerberos server) that is trusted by all the entities on the network (users and services, usually called “principals”).
This is the MIT reference implementation of Kerberos V5.
This package contains the LDAP plugin for the Kerberos key server (KDC) and supporting utilities. This plugin allows the KDC data to be stored in an LDAP server rather than the default local database. It should be installed on both master and slave KDCs that use LDAP as a storage backend.
Package: krb5-kdc-ldap Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.17-6ubuntu4 Priority: extra Section: universe/net Source: krb5 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Sam Hartman [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 327 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libgssrpc4 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), libk5crypto3 (>= 1.7+dfsg), libkadm5srv-mit11 (>= 1.15~beta1), libkdb5-9, libkrb5-3 (>= 1.14+dfsg), libkrb5support0 (>= 1.17), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), krb5-kdc (= 1.17-6ubuntu4) Filename: pool/universe/k/krb5/krb5-kdc-ldap_1.17-6ubuntu4_amd64.deb Size: 85252 MD5sum: fd8da85d0a87cb3a3c3af483a7c02ce6 SHA1: a68b5b2dd9632e81e06afb0d772bcac22c1260dd SHA256: 18d3e8b80b7b0264c41d6b84d8f072b37f82522fefdc90d08023eaf50c903b25 Homepage: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/ Description-en: MIT Kerberos key server (KDC) LDAP plugin Kerberos is a system for authenticating users and services on a network. Kerberos is a trusted third-party service. That means that there is a third party (the Kerberos server) that is trusted by all the entities on the network (users and services, usually called “principals”).
This is the MIT reference implementation of Kerberos V5.
This package contains the LDAP plugin for the Kerberos key server (KDC) and supporting utilities. This plugin allows the KDC data to be stored in an LDAP server rather than the default local database. It should be installed on both master and slave KDCs that use LDAP as a storage backend.
There are three methods to install krb5-kdc-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install krb5-kdc-ldap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install krb5-kdc-ldap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install krb5-kdc-ldap
Install krb5-kdc-ldap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install krb5-kdc-ldap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install krb5-kdc-ldap
Install krb5-kdc-ldap Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install krb5-kdc-ldap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install krb5-kdc-ldap
How To Uninstall krb5-kdc-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the krb5-kdc-ldap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove krb5-kdc-ldap
Uninstall krb5-kdc-ldap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall krb5-kdc-ldap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove krb5-kdc-ldap
Remove krb5-kdc-ldap Configurations and Data
To remove krb5-kdc-ldap configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge krb5-kdc-ldap
Remove krb5-kdc-ldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove krb5-kdc-ldap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge krb5-kdc-ldap
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-kdc-ldap package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
