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>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/kinit.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install heimdal-dbg
Ubuntu
apt-get install heimdal-dbg
Alpine
apk add krb5
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S krb5
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install krb5-user
CentOS
yum install krb5-workstation
Fedora
dnf install heimdal-workstation
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install heimdal-dbg
OS X
brew install krb5
Raspbian
apt-get install krb5-user
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/kinit
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/kinit kinit powered by Commando

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>.

  • Authenticate a user and obtain a ticket-granting ticket:
    kinit username
  • Renew a ticket-granting ticket:
    kinit -R
  • Specify a lifetime for the ticket:
    kinit -l 5h
  • Specify a total renewable lifetime for the ticket:
    kinit -r 1w
  • Specify a different principal name to authenticate as:
    kinit -p principal@REALM
  • Specify a different keytab file to authenticate with:
    kinit -t path/to/keytab

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