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diff --git a/eBones/man/kinit.1 b/eBones/man/kinit.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f9a97a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/eBones/man/kinit.1 @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +.\" from: kinit.1,v 4.6 89/01/23 11:39:11 jtkohl Exp $ +.\" $Id: kinit.1,v 1.2 1994/07/19 19:27:36 g89r4222 Exp $ +.\" Copyright 1989 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. +.\" +.\" For copying and distribution information, +.\" please see the file <Copyright.MIT>. +.\" +.TH KINIT 1 "Kerberos Version 4.0" "MIT Project Athena" +.SH NAME +kinit \- Kerberos login utility +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B kinit +[ +.B \-irvl +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.I kinit +command is used to login to the +Kerberos +authentication and authorization system. +Note that only registered +Kerberos +users can use the +Kerberos +system. +For information about registering as a +Kerberos +user, +see the +.I kerberos(1) +manual page. +.PP +If you are logged in to a workstation that is running the +.I toehold +service, +you do not have to use +.I kinit. +The +.I toehold +login procedure will log you into +Kerberos +automatically. +You will need to use +.I kinit +only in those situations in which +your original tickets have expired. +(Tickets expire in about a day.) +Note as well that +.I toehold +will automatically destroy your tickets when you logout from the workstation. +.PP +When you use +.I kinit +without options, +the utility +prompts for your username and Kerberos password, +and tries to authenticate your login with the local +Kerberos +server. +.PP +If +Kerberos +authenticates the login attempt, +.I kinit +retrieves your initial ticket and puts it in the ticket file specified by +your KRBTKFILE environment variable. +If this variable is undefined, +your ticket will be stored in the +.IR /tmp +directory, +in the file +.I tktuid , +where +.I uid +specifies your user identification number. +.PP +If you have logged in to +Kerberos +without the benefit of the workstation +.I toehold +system, +make sure you use the +.I kdestroy +command to destroy any active tickets before you end your login session. +You may want to put the +.I kdestroy +command in your +.I \.logout +file so that your tickets will be destroyed automatically when you logout. +.PP +The options to +.I kinit +are as follows: +.TP 7 +.B \-i +.I kinit +prompts you for a +Kerberos +instance. +.TP +.B \-r +.I kinit +prompts you for a +Kerberos +realm. +This option lets you authenticate yourself with a remote +Kerberos +server. +.TP +.B \-v +Verbose mode. +.I kinit +prints the name of the ticket file used, and +a status message indicating the success or failure of +your login attempt. +.TP +.B \-l +.I kinit +prompts you for a ticket lifetime in minutes. Due to protocol +restrictions in Kerberos Version 4, this value must be between 5 and +1275 minutes. +.SH SEE ALSO +.PP +kerberos(1), kdestroy(1), klist(1), toehold(1) +.SH BUGS +The +.B \-r +option has not been fully implemented. +.SH AUTHORS +Steve Miller, MIT Project Athena/Digital Equipment Corporation +.br +Clifford Neuman, MIT Project Athena |