MIT Kerberos Documentation

krb5_server_decrypt_ticket_keytab - Decrypt a ticket using the specified key table.

krb5_error_code krb5_server_decrypt_ticket_keytab(krb5_context context, const krb5_keytab kt, krb5_ticket * ticket)
param:

[in] context - Library context

[in] kt - Key table

[in] ticket - Ticket to be decrypted

retval:
  • 0 Success; otherwise - Kerberos error codes

This function takes a ticket as input and decrypts it using key data from kt . The result is placed into ticket->enc_part2 .