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| author | Tom Yu <tlyu@mit.edu> | 2016-09-28 12:33:52 -0400 |
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| committer | Tom Yu <tlyu@mit.edu> | 2016-10-24 15:38:13 -0400 |
| commit | 2a50d753105df25076ace0a319fe321670655e2c (patch) | |
| tree | e272752079eeba0731f548015fb968376aedc882 | |
| parent | 668e0610496f190fbdf892b2ceb944e6dc0048d7 (diff) | |
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Clarify kinit principal selection
Describe the principal selection behavior of kinit when the principal
argument is absent.
(cherry picked from commit 9896d4ffecb69f0262375b2f0db5b275a5e25de9)
ticket: 8403
version_fixed: 1.14.5
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user/user_commands/kinit.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user/user_commands/kinit.rst b/doc/user/user_commands/kinit.rst index 72721c3..3f9d534 100644 --- a/doc/user/user_commands/kinit.rst +++ b/doc/user/user_commands/kinit.rst @@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ DESCRIPTION ----------- kinit obtains and caches an initial ticket-granting ticket for -*principal*. +*principal*. If *principal* is absent, kinit chooses an appropriate +principal name based on existing credential cache contents or the +local username of the user invoking kinit. Some options modify the +choice of principal name. OPTIONS |