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1.1     ! root        1: .\" $Source: /mit/kerberos/src/man/RCS/kinit.1,v $
        !             2: .\" $Author: jtkohl $
        !             3: .\" $Header: kinit.1,v 4.6 89/01/23 11:39:11 jtkohl Exp $
        !             4: .\" Copyright 1989 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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        !             6: .\" For copying and distribution information,
        !             7: .\" please see the file <mit-copyright.h>.
        !             8: .\"
        !             9: .TH KINIT 1 "Kerberos Version 4.0" "MIT Project Athena"
        !            10: .SH NAME
        !            11: kinit \- Kerberos login utility
        !            12: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            13: .B kinit
        !            14: [
        !            15: .B \-irvl
        !            16: ]
        !            17: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            18: The
        !            19: .I kinit
        !            20: command is used to login to the
        !            21: Kerberos
        !            22: authentication and authorization system.
        !            23: Note that only registered
        !            24: Kerberos
        !            25: users can use the
        !            26: Kerberos
        !            27: system.
        !            28: For information about registering as a
        !            29: Kerberos
        !            30: user,
        !            31: see the
        !            32: .I kerberos(1)
        !            33: manual page.
        !            34: .PP
        !            35: If you are logged in to a workstation that is running the
        !            36: .I toehold
        !            37: service,
        !            38: you do not have to use
        !            39: .I kinit.
        !            40: The
        !            41: .I toehold
        !            42: login procedure will log you into
        !            43: Kerberos
        !            44: automatically.
        !            45: You will need to use
        !            46: .I kinit
        !            47: only in those situations in which
        !            48: your original tickets have expired.
        !            49: (Tickets expire in about a day.)
        !            50: Note as well that
        !            51: .I toehold
        !            52: will automatically destroy your tickets when you logout from the workstation.
        !            53: .PP
        !            54: When you use
        !            55: .I kinit
        !            56: without options,
        !            57: the utility
        !            58: prompts for your username and Kerberos password,
        !            59: and tries to authenticate your login with the local
        !            60: Kerberos
        !            61: server.
        !            62: .PP
        !            63: If
        !            64: Kerberos
        !            65: authenticates the login attempt,
        !            66: .I kinit
        !            67: retrieves your initial ticket and puts it in the ticket file specified by
        !            68: your KRBTKFILE environment variable.
        !            69: If this variable is undefined,
        !            70: your ticket will be stored in the
        !            71: .IR /tmp
        !            72: directory,
        !            73: in the file
        !            74: .I tktuid ,
        !            75: where
        !            76: .I uid
        !            77: specifies your user identification number.
        !            78: .PP
        !            79: If you have logged in to
        !            80: Kerberos
        !            81: without the benefit of the workstation
        !            82: .I toehold
        !            83: system,
        !            84: make sure you use the
        !            85: .I kdestroy
        !            86: command to destroy any active tickets before you end your login session.
        !            87: You may want to put the
        !            88: .I kdestroy
        !            89: command in your
        !            90: .I \.logout
        !            91: file so that your tickets will be destroyed automatically when you logout.
        !            92: .PP
        !            93: The options to
        !            94: .I kinit
        !            95: are as follows:
        !            96: .TP 7
        !            97: .B \-i
        !            98: .I kinit
        !            99: prompts you for a
        !           100: Kerberos
        !           101: instance.
        !           102: .TP
        !           103: .B \-r
        !           104: .I kinit
        !           105: prompts you for a
        !           106: Kerberos
        !           107: realm.
        !           108: This option lets you authenticate yourself with a remote
        !           109: Kerberos
        !           110: server.
        !           111: .TP
        !           112: .B \-v
        !           113: Verbose mode.
        !           114: .I kinit
        !           115: prints the name of the ticket file used, and
        !           116: a status message indicating the success or failure of
        !           117: your login attempt.
        !           118: .TP
        !           119: .B \-l
        !           120: .I kinit
        !           121: prompts you for a ticket lifetime in minutes.  Due to protocol
        !           122: restrictions in Kerberos Version 4, this value must be between 5 and
        !           123: 1275 minutes.
        !           124: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           125: .PP
        !           126: kerberos(1), kdestroy(1), klist(1), toehold(1)
        !           127: .SH BUGS
        !           128: The
        !           129: .B \-r
        !           130: option has not been fully implemented.
        !           131: .SH AUTHORS
        !           132: Steve Miller, MIT Project Athena/Digital Equipment Corporation
        !           133: .br
        !           134: Clifford Neuman, MIT Project Athena

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