KINIT(1) BSD Reference Manual KINIT(1)
kinit - Kerberos login utility
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The _
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\bt command is used to login to the Kerberos authen-
tication and authorization system. Note that only regis-
tered Kerberos users can use the Kerberos system. For
information about registering as a Kerberos user, see the
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If you are logged in to a workstation that is running the
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cally. You will need to use _
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tions in which your original tickets have expired. (Tick-
ets expire in about a day.) Note as well that _
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will automatically destroy your tickets when you logout
When you use _
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\bt without options, the utility prompts
for your username and Kerberos password, and tries to
authenticate your login with the local Kerberos server.
If Kerberos authenticates the login attempt, _
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retrieves your initial ticket and puts it in the ticket
file specified by your KRBTKFILE environment variable. If
this variable is undefined, your ticket will be stored in
the _
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fies your user identification number.
If you have logged in to Kerberos without the benefit of
the workstation _
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\bd system, make sure you use the _
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\by command to destroy any active tickets before you end
your login session. You may want to put the _
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mand in your _
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\bt file so that your tickets will be
destroyed automatically when you logout.
The options to _
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\bt are as follows:
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\bt prompts you for a Kerberos instance.
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\bt prompts you for a Kerberos realm. This
option lets you authenticate yourself with a remote
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\bv Verbose mode. _
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\bt prints the name of the ticket
file used, and a status message indicating the suc-
cess or failure of your login attempt.
MIT Project Athena Kerberos Version 4.0 1
KINIT(1) BSD Reference Manual KINIT(1)
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\bt prompts you for a ticket lifetime in minutes.
Due to protocol restrictions in Kerberos Version 4,
this value must be between 5 and 1275 minutes.
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kerberos(1), kdestroy(1), klist(1), toehold(1)
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Steve Miller, MIT Project Athena/Digital Equipment Corpo-
Clifford Neuman, MIT Project Athena
MIT Project Athena Kerberos Version 4.0 2
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