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Install msktutil with Homebrew
Active Directory keytab management. Version 1.2.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Active Directory keytab management
Project links
Commands and aliases
- msktutil
history
Project history and usage
msktutil is a Unix/Linux utility for interoperability with Microsoft Active Directory Kerberos environments. Its README says it creates user or computer accounts in Active Directory, creates system and service keytabs, adds and removes principals, and changes account passwords. Ubuntu's man page describes the same role: creating AD accounts, adding service principals, and creating local keytab files so Kerberized services can use Active Directory as their Kerberos infrastructure.
Project history
The project's own early-history note identifies Dan Perry as the original author, Brian Elliott Finley as the person who Debianized it in March 2006, Doug Engbert as a 2009 contributor, and James Knight's 2010 import of the Debian package as the point where history and contributions began being tracked in Git. The README lists Mark Proehl, Michael Osipov, and Daniel Kobras as maintainers.
How it is used
In practice, msktutil is used by administrators who need non-Windows hosts or services to participate in an AD realm without manually constructing keytabs and service principals. Its package-manager niche is narrow but important: it complements broader AD-join tools by focusing on keytab lifecycle and Kerberos principal management for services.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
msktutil | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.2.2
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:msktutil |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/msktutil/msktutil |
| Repository | https://github.com/msktutil/msktutil |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation