### Retrieving Policies

To retrieve a policy, use the kadmin `get_policy` command, which requires the "inquire" administrative privilege. The syntax is:

         get_policy [-terse] policy

The `get_policy` command has the alias `getpol`. For example:

         kadmin: get_policy admin
         Policy: admin
         Maximum password life: 180 days 00:00:00
         Minimum password life: 00:00:00
         Minimum password length: 6
         Minimum number of password character classes: 2
         Number of old keys kept: 5
         Reference count: 17
         kadmin:

The reference count is the number of principals using that policy.

The `get_policy` command has a `-terse` option, which lists each field as a quoted, tab-separated string. For example:

         kadmin: get_policy -terse admin
         admin   15552000        0       6       2       5       17
         kadmin: