These functions get application defaults from the
appdefaults
section of the
krb5.conf(5)
configuration file. These defaults can be specified per application,
and/or per realm.
These values will be looked for in
krb5.conf(5),
in order of descending importance.
[appdefaults]
appname = {
realm = {
option = value
}
}
appname = {
option = value
}
realm = {
option = value
}
option = value
appname
is the name of the application, and
realm
is the realm name. If the realm is omitted it will not be used for
resolving values.
def_val
is the value to return if no value is found in
krb5.conf(5).