How to Delete a Principal

An example of the corresponding command-line equivalent follows this procedure.

1. If neccessary, start the SEAM Tool.

   See "How to Start the SEAM Tool" for details.

2. Click the Principals tab.

3. Specify the principal in the list that you want to delete and click Delete.

   After you confirm the deletion, the principal is deleted.

4. Remove the principal from the Kerberos ACLs file, /etc/krb5/kadm5.acl.

   See "How to Modify the Kerberos Administration Privileges" for more details.

Example--Deleting a Principal (Command Line)

The following example uses the delete_principal command of kadmin to delete the jdb principal.

kadmin: delete_principal pak
Are you sure you want to delete the principal "pak@ACME.COM"? (yes/no): yes
Principal "pak@ACME.COM" deleted.
Make sure that you have removed this principal from all ACLs before reusing.
kadmin: quit