How to create new kerberos pricipal database /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/principal?

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Issue

  • Need to create a new kerberos database file /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/principal.
  • kerberos service fails due to missing /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/principal file.
    ipa-server-install output:
Starting KDC Service
Starting Kerberos 5 KDC:                                   [  OK  ]
Starting KPASSWD Service
Starting Kerberos 5 Admin Server: kadmind: No such file or directory while initializing, aborting
                                                           [FAILED]
Failed to start KPASSWD Service
Shutting down
Stopping Kerberos 5 KDC:                                   [  OK  ]
Stopping Kerberos 5 Admin Server:                          [FAILED]

/var/log/kadmin.log:

Feb 05 15:37:40  kadmind[28680](Error): No such file or directory while initializing, aborting

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3

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