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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.rst | 16 |
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diff --git a/doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.rst b/doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.rst index 7b4389f..4adb084 100644 --- a/doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.rst +++ b/doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.rst @@ -35,17 +35,11 @@ or:: baz = quux } -Placing a '\*' at the end of a line indicates that this is the *final* -value for the tag. This means that neither the remainder of this -configuration file nor any other configuration file will be checked -for any other values for this tag. - -For example, if you have the following lines:: - - foo = bar* - foo = baz - -then the second value of ``foo`` (``baz``) would never be read. +Placing a '\*' after the closing bracket of a section name indicates +that the section is *final*, meaning that if the same section appears +within a later file specified in **KRB5_CONFIG**, it will be ignored. +A subsection can be marked as final by placing a '\*' after either the +tag name or the closing brace. The krb5.conf file can include other files using either of the following directives at the beginning of a line:: |