Kerberos clients

Kerberos authentication is available on 32-bit Windows and Linux. For a list of tested Kerberos clients, see [external link] http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1061807.

The following table lists the default names and locations of the keytab and GSS-API files used by the supported Kerberos clients.

Kerberos client Default keytab file GSS-API library file name Notes
Windows MIT Kerberos client C:\WINDOWS\krb5kt gssapi32.dll The KRB5_KTNAME environment variable can be set before starting the database server to specify a different keytab file.
Windows CyberSafe Kerberos client C:\Program Files\CyberSafe\v5srvtab gssapi32.dll The CSFC5KTNAME environment variable can be set before starting the database server to specify a different keytab file.
Unix MIT Kerberos client /etc/krb5.keytab libgssapi_krb5.so1 The KRB5_KTNAME environment variable can be set before starting the database server to specify a different keytab file.
Unix CyberSafe Kerberos client /krb5/v5srvtab libgss.so1 The CSFC5KTNAME environment variable can be set before starting the database server to specify a different keytab file.
Unix Heimdal Kerberos client /etc/krb5.keytab libgssapi.so.11

1 These file names may vary depending on your operating system and Kerberos client version.