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9 .TH KINIT 1 "Kerberos Version 4.0" "MIT Project Athena"
11 kinit \- Kerberos login utility
20 command is used to login to the
22 authentication and authorization system.
23 Note that only registered
28 For information about registering as a
35 If you are using a replaced
37 that already fetches tickets for you, you do not have to use
41 only in those situations in which
42 your original tickets have expired.
43 (Tickets expire in about a day.)
44 Note as well that the modified
46 will automatically destroy your tickets when you logout from the workstation.
52 prompts for your username and Kerberos password,
53 and tries to authenticate your login with the local
59 authenticates the login attempt,
61 retrieves your initial ticket and puts it in the ticket file specified by
62 your KRBTKFILE environment variable.
63 If this variable is undefined,
64 your ticket will be stored in the
71 specifies your user identification number.
73 If you have logged in to
75 without the benefit of the modified
80 command to destroy any active tickets before you end your login session.
81 You may want to put the
85 file so that your tickets will be destroyed automatically when you logout.
102 This option lets you authenticate yourself with a remote
109 prints the name of the ticket file used, and
110 a status message indicating the success or failure of
115 prompts you for a ticket lifetime in minutes. Due to protocol
116 restrictions in Kerberos Version 4, this value must be between 5 and
121 will acquires a ticket for changepw.kerberos.
124 kerberos(1), kdestroy(1), klist(1), login(1)
128 option has not been fully implemented.
130 Steve Miller, MIT Project Athena/Digital Equipment Corporation
132 Clifford Neuman, MIT Project Athena