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sssd_krb5_locator_plugin 8
sssd_krb5_locator_plugin Kerberos locator plugin

### DESCRIPTION

The Kerberos locator plugin `sssd_krb5_locator_plugin` is used by the Kerberos provider of sssd 8 to tell the Kerberos libraries what Realm and which KDC to use. Typically this is done in krb5.conf 5 which is always read by the Kerberos libraries. To simplify the configuration the Realm and the KDC can be defined in sssd.conf 5 as described in sssd-krb5 5

sssd 8 puts the Realm and the name or IP address of the KDC into the environment variables SSSD_KRB5_REALM and SSSD_KRB5_KDC respectively. When `sssd_krb5_locator_plugin` is called by the kerberos libraries it reads and evaluates these variables and returns them to the libraries.

### NOTES

Not all Kerberos implementations support the use of plugins. If `sssd_krb5_locator_plugin` is not available on your system you have to edit /etc/krb5.conf to reflect your Kerberos setup.

If the environment variable SSSD_KRB5_LOCATOR_DEBUG is set to any value debug messages will be sent to stderr.