[Slackbuilds-users] krb5 removed from SBo, but still needed by Samba components

[Sebastian Arcus]

On 21/10/2025 09:12, Sebastian Arcus wrote:
> I've searched around on this mailing list and through the changelogs 
> about this issue but have drawn a blank so far. I am guessing (but could 
> be wrong) that krb5 has been removed from SBo because Samba uses now its 
> internal Kerberos code instead of the external MIT Kerberos. However, 
> the dhcp-dyndns.sh script provided by Samba at the link below, which 
> acts as glue between dhcpd, Samba and Bind in Active Directory setups, 
> still uses the "klist" and "kinit" commands, which are provided by the 
> krb5 package. Anyone here knows if:
> 
> 1. Any other package can provide "klist" or "kinit" for the above script
> 
> 2. Or the Kerberos package has been merged into a different one at SBo
> 
> 3. Or the above is all incorrect and there is something else going on 
> which could help
> 
> The Samba script is here:
> 
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Configure_DHCP_to_update_DNS_records
> 
> Any info on the above much appreciated

Answering my own post - with apologies for the noise. I searched earlier 
in the mainline repo and I'm not sure how I missed the package there. It 
has indeed been moved to mainline Slackware