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authorGreg Hudson <ghudson@mit.edu>2014-10-23 15:06:13 -0400
committerTom Yu <tlyu@mit.edu>2015-08-18 16:57:15 -0400
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Document multi-component profile paths
In env_variables.rst and krb5_conf.rst, document that KRB5_CONFIG can contain multiple colon-separated pathnames. (cherry picked from commit 28dc817d2a065f5e0ab73377350a0529b2f4aa48) ticket: 8031 version_fixed: 1.13.3 status: resolved
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-rw-r--r--doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.rst4
-rw-r--r--doc/admin/env_variables.rst5
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.rst b/doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.rst
index 6636c2f..e7ea0f2 100644
--- a/doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.rst
+++ b/doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ realms of interest, defaults for the current realm and for Kerberos
applications, and mappings of hostnames onto Kerberos realms.
Normally, you should install your krb5.conf file in the directory
``/etc``. You can override the default location by setting the
-environment variable **KRB5_CONFIG**.
+environment variable **KRB5_CONFIG**. Multiple colon-separated
+filenames may be specified in **KRB5_CONFIG**; all files which are
+present will be read.
Structure
diff --git a/doc/admin/env_variables.rst b/doc/admin/env_variables.rst
index e85d54d..0c146d3 100644
--- a/doc/admin/env_variables.rst
+++ b/doc/admin/env_variables.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Environment variables
The following environment variables can be used during runtime:
**KRB5_CONFIG**
- Main Kerberos configuration file. (See :ref:`mitK5defaults` for
- the default name.)
+ Main Kerberos configuration file. Multiple filenames can be
+ specified, separated by a colon; all files which are present will
+ be read. (See :ref:`mitK5defaults` for the default path.)
**KRB5_KDC_PROFILE**
KDC configuration file. (See :ref:`mitK5defaults` for the default