krb5-config (1) Linux Manual Page
krb5-config – tool for linking against MIT Kerberos libraries
Synopsis
krb5-config [–-help | –-all | –-version | –-vendor | –-prefix | –-exec-prefix | –-defccname | –-defktname | –-defcktname | –-cflags | –-libs [libraries]]Description
krb5-config tells the application programmer what flags to use to compile and link programs against the installed Kerberos libraries.Options
- –-help
- prints a usage message. This is the default behavior when no options are specified.
- –-all
- prints the version, vendor, prefix, and exec-prefix.
- –-version
- prints the version number of the Kerberos installation.
- –-vendor
- prints the name of the vendor of the Kerberos installation.
- –-prefix
- prints the prefix for which the Kerberos installation was built.
- –-exec-prefix
- prints the prefix for executables for which the Kerberos installation was built.
- –-defccname
- prints the built-in default credentials cache location.
- –-defktname
- prints the built-in default keytab location.
- –-defcktname
- prints the built-in default client (initiator) keytab location.
- –-cflags
- prints the compilation flags used to build the Kerberos installation.
- –-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