macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install msktutillocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install msktutil with Homebrew, apt, dnf
Active Directory keytab management. Version 1.2.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install msktutilDebian stable package indexes · msktutil · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install msktutilFedora Rawhide package metadata · msktutil · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
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 | cli | global executable |
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 generated2026-07-08
manager version1.2.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/msktutil/msktutil
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/msktutil/msktutilnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:msktutil |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/msktutil |
| Homepage | https://github.com/msktutil/msktutil |
| Repository | https://github.com/msktutil/msktutil |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/msktutil/msktutil#readme |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/msktutil/msktutil/releases/download/1.2.2/msktutil-1.2.2.tar.bz2 |
| Dependencies | krb5 |
| Uses from macOS | cyrus-sasl, openldap |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | msktutil |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
msktutil 1.2.2-1
Utility for interoperability with Active Directory
https://github.com/msktutil/msktutil
sudo apt install msktutil- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- 10 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msktutil
Ubuntu apt95%
msktutil 1.2.1-2
Utility for interoperability with Active Directory
https://github.com/msktutil/msktutil
sudo apt install msktutil- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- 10 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msktutil
dnf95%
msktutil 1.2.2-3.fc44
Program for interoperability with Active Directory
https://github.com/msktutil/msktutil
sudo dnf install msktutil- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: msktutil
- 12 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msktutil
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
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment