NAME
kinit - obtain and cache Kerberos ticket-granting ticket
SYNOPSIS
kinit
[-5] [-4] [-V] [-l lifetime] [-s start_time] [-r
renewable_life] [-p | -P] [-f | -F] [-a] [-A] [-v] [-R]
[-k [-t keytab_file]] [-c cache_name] [-S service_name]
[-X attribute[=value]] [principal]
DESCRIPTION
kinit obtains and caches an initial ticket-granting ticket
for principal. The typical default behavior is to acquire
only Kerberos 5 tickets. However, if kinit was built with
both Kerberos 4 support and with the default behavior of
acquiring both types of tickets, it will try to acquire both
Kerberos 5 and Kerberos 4 by default. Any documentation
particular to Kerberos 4 does not apply if Kerberos 4 sup-
port was not built into kinit.
OPTIONS
-5 get Kerberos 5 tickets. This overrides whatever the
default built-in behavior may be. This option may be
used with -4
-4 get Kerberos 4 tickets. This overrides whatever the
default built-in behavior may be. This option is only
available if kinit was built with Kerberos 4 compati-
bility. This option may be used with -5
-V display verbose output.
-l lifetime
requests a ticket with the lifetime lifetime. The
value for lifetime must be followed immediately by one
of the following delimiters:
s seconds
m minutes
h hours
d days
as in "kinit -l 90m". You cannot mix units; a value of
`3h30m' will result in an error.
If the -l option is not specified, the default ticket
lifetime (configured by each site) is used. Specifying
a ticket lifetime longer than the maximum ticket life-
time (configured by each site) results in a ticket with
the maximum lifetime.
-s start_time
requests a postdated ticket, valid starting at
start_time. Postdated tickets are issued with the
invalid flag set, and need to be fed back to the kdc
before use. (Not applicable to Kerberos 4.)
-r renewable_life
requests renewable tickets, with a total lifetime of
renewable_life. The duration is in the same format as
the -l option, with the same delimiters. (Not applica-
ble to Kerberos 4.)
-f request forwardable tickets. (Not applicable to Ker-
beros 4.)
-F do not request forwardable tickets. (Not applicable to
Kerberos 4.)
-p request proxiable tickets. (Not applicable to Kerberos
4.)
-P do not request proxiable tickets. (Not applicable to
Kerberos 4.)
-a request tickets with the local address[es]. (Not
applicable to Kerberos 4.)
-A request address-less tickets. (Not applicable to Ker-
beros 4.)
-v requests that the ticket granting ticket in the cache
(with the invalid flag set) be passed to the kdc for
validation. If the ticket is within its requested time
range, the cache is replaced with the validated ticket.
(Not applicable to Kerberos 4.)
-R requests renewal of the ticket-granting ticket. Note
that an expired ticket cannot be renewed, even if the
ticket is still within its renewable life. When using
this option with Kerberos 4, the kdc must support Ker-
beros 5 to Kerberos 4 ticket conversion.
-k [-t keytab_file]
requests a host ticket, obtained from a key in the
local host's keytab file. The name and location of the
keytab file may be specified with the -t keytab_file
option; otherwise the default name and location will be
used. When using this option with Kerberos 4, the kdc
must support Kerberos 5 to Kerberos 4 ticket conver-
sion.
-c cache_name
use cache_name as the Kerberos 5 credentials (ticket)
cache name and location; if this option is not used,
the default cache name and location are used.
The default credentials cache may vary between systems.
If the KRB5CCNAME environment variable is set, its
value is used to name the default ticket cache. Any
existing contents of the cache are destroyed by kinit.
(Note: The default name for Kerberos 4 comes from the
KRBTKFILE environment variable. This option does not
apply to Kerberos 4.)
-S service_name
specify an alternate service name to use when getting
initial tickets. (Applicable to Kerberos 5 or if using
both Kerberos 5 and Kerberos 4 with a kdc that supports
Kerberos 5 to Kerberos 4 ticket conversion.)
-X attribute[=value]
specify a pre-authentication attribute and value to be
passed to pre-authentication plugins. The acceptable
attribute and value values vary from pre-authentication
plugin to plugin. This option may be specified multi-
ple times to specify multiple attributes. If no value
is specified, it is assumed to be "yes".
The following attributes are recognized by the OpenSSL pkinit
pre-authentication mechanism:
X509_user_identity=value
specify where to find user's X509 identity information
X509_anchors=value
specify where to find trusted X509 anchor information
flag_RSA_PROTOCOL[=yes]
specify use of RSA, rather than the default Diffie-Hellman protocol
ENVIRONMENT
Kinit uses the following environment variables:
KRB5CCNAME Location of the Kerberos 5 credentials
(ticket) cache.
KRBTKFILE Filename of the Kerberos 4 credentials
(ticket) cache.
FILES
/tmp/krb5cc_[uid] default location of Kerberos 5 creden-
tials cache ([uid] is the decimal UID of
the user).
/tmp/tkt[uid] default location of Kerberos 4 credentials
cache ([uid] is the decimal UID of the user).
/etc/krb5.keytab
default location for the local host's keytab
file.
SEE ALSO
klist(1), kdestroy(1), kerberos(1)
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