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