msktutil command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix msktutil command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

msktutil: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: msktutil: command not found

Solutions to msktutil: command not found

How To Fix msktutil: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu msktutil is provided by msktutil package.

msktutil is:

msktutil is a utility that fetches and manages Kerberos keytabs in a Microsoft Active Directory environment.

It can perform the following functions:

  • Create a computer account in Active Directory
  • Create a system Kerberos keytab
  • Add and remove principals to and from a system keytab
  • Change a computer account’s password

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install msktutil

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install msktutil.

sudo apt -y install msktutil

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install msktutil

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix msktutil command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.