kinit
Authenticate a principal with a Kerberos server to gain and cache a ticket. Note: A Kerberos principal can be either a user, service, or application. More information: https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.12/doc/user/user_commands/kinit.html.
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Authenticate a user and obtain a ticket-granting ticket:
kinit {{username}}
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Renew a ticket-granting ticket:
kinit -R
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Specify a lifetime for the ticket:
kinit -l {{5h}}
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Specify a total renewable lifetime for the ticket:
kinit -r {{1w}}
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Specify a different principal name to authenticate as:
kinit -p {{principal@REALM}}
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Specify a different keytab file to authenticate with:
kinit -t {{path/to/keytab}}
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