=head1 NAME

kadb_check - Checks the integrity of the Authentication Database

=head1 SYNOPSIS

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B<kadb_check> S<<< B<-database> <I<kadb file>> >>> [B<-uheader>] [B<-kheader>]
    [B<-entries>] [B<-verbose>] S<<< [B<-rebuild> <I<out file>>] >>> [B<-help>]

B<kadb_check> S<<< B<-d> <I<kadb file>> >>> [B<-u>] [B<-k>] [B<-e>] [B<-v>]
    S<<< [B<-r> <I<out file>>] >>> [B<-h>]

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=head1 DESCRIPTION

The B<kadb_check> command checks the integrity of the Authentication
Database, reporting any errors or corruption it finds. If there are
problems, do not issue any B<kas> commands until the database is repaired.

=head1 CAUTIONS

The B<kadb_check> command is only used with the database used by the
obsolete Authentication Server, which should no longer be used. It is
provided for sites that have not yet migrated to a Kerberos version 5
KDC. The Authentication Server and supporting commands, including B<kdb>,
will be removed in a future version of OpenAFS.

The results can be unpredictable if the Authentication Server makes
changes to the Authentication Database while this command is running. Use
the B<bos shutdown> command to shutdown the local B<kaserver> process
before running this command, or before creating a second copy of the
F<kaserver.DB0> file (with a different name) on which to run the command.

=head1 OPTIONS

=over 4

=item B<-database> <I<kadb file>>

Names the Authentication Database (copy of the F<kaserver.DB0> file) to
check. If the current working directory is not the location of the file,
provide a pathname, either full or relative to the current working
directory.

=item B<-uheader>

Displays information which Ubik maintains in the database's header.

=item B<-kheader>

Displays information which the Authentication Server maintains in the
database's header.

=item B<-entries>

Outputs every entry in the database, providing information similar to that
returned by the B<kas examine> command.

=item B<-verbose>

Reports additional information about the database, including the number of
free (allocated but unused) entries in the database.

=item B<-rebuild> <I<out file>>

Names the file in which to record a list of B<kas> commands which, if
issued in the command shell, recreate the current state of the database
being verified. Partial pathnames are interpreted relative to the current
working directory.

=item B<-help>

Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are
ignored.

=back

=head1 OUTPUT

If there are errors in the database, the output always reports them on the
standard error stream. If any options other than B<-database> or B<-help>
are provided, the output written to the standard output stream includes
additional information as described for each option in L<OPTIONS>.  The
output is intended for debugging purposes and is meaningful to someone
familiar with the internal structure of the Authentication Database.

=head1 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

The issuer must be logged in as the local superuser C<root>.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<kaserver.DB0(5)>,
L<bos_shutdown(8)>,
L<kas_examine(8)>,
L<kaserver(8)>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was
converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ
Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.
