How To Install krb5-kdc-ldap on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-kdc-ldap on Ubuntu.

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.

There are three methods to install krb5-kdc-ldap on Ubuntu. 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

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, 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 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

Dependencies

krb5-kdc-ldap have the following dependencies:

References

krb5-kdc-ldap website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-kdc-ldap package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.