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8 .TH KINIT 1 "Kerberos Version 4.0" "MIT Project Athena"
10 kinit \- Kerberos login utility
19 command is used to login to the
21 authentication and authorization system.
22 Note that only registered
27 For information about registering as a
34 If you are using a replaced
36 that already fetches tickets for you, you do not have to use
40 only in those situations in which
41 your original tickets have expired.
42 (Tickets expire in about a day.)
43 Note as well that the modified
45 will automatically destroy your tickets when you logout from the workstation.
51 prompts for your username and Kerberos password,
52 and tries to authenticate your login with the local
58 authenticates the login attempt,
60 retrieves your initial ticket and puts it in the ticket file specified by
61 your KRBTKFILE environment variable.
62 If this variable is undefined,
63 your ticket will be stored in the
70 specifies your user identification number.
72 If you have logged in to
74 without the benefit of the modified
79 command to destroy any active tickets before you end your login session.
80 You may want to put the
84 file so that your tickets will be destroyed automatically when you logout.
101 This option lets you authenticate yourself with a remote
108 prints the name of the ticket file used, and
109 a status message indicating the success or failure of
114 prompts you for a ticket lifetime in minutes. Due to protocol
115 restrictions in Kerberos Version 4, this value must be between 5 and
120 will acquires a ticket for changepw.kerberos.
123 kerberos(1), kdestroy(1), klist(1), login(1)
127 option has not been fully implemented.
129 Steve Miller, MIT Project Athena/Digital Equipment Corporation
131 Clifford Neuman, MIT Project Athena