# Credential Menu

Click an item on the menu to go to the description of the action, or choose from the list below. You can activate the by pressing Alt + C and you can activate each action by pressing the highlited character.

Actions which have an associated hot key show this hot key to the right of the action. You can use the hot key to trigger the action without invoking the Credential menu.

- New Credentials ...: Opens the new credentials acquisition dialog box. If an identity was selected, then that identity would be made the default for the new credentials acquisition. However, it can easily be changed in the dialog.

  See New Credentials Action for more information.

- Renew credentials: Renews the selected credentials or identity. This action requires that the selected credentials be renewable.

  See Renew Credentials Action for more information.

- Destroy credentials...: Destroys the selected credentials.
- Set as default: Sets the selected identity as the default, if it is not already the default. The implications of this operation is dependent on the current identity provider.

  See Set As Default Action for more information.

- Change password...: Changes the password for the selected identity. However, once the new password dialog opens, you can change the identity for which the password is getting changed.
- Import Credentials: Import any existing credentials from external sources. With the Kerberos 5 credentials provider, the Kerberos tickets from the Microsoft Windows LSA cache will be imported to MIT Kerberos ticket caches.