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authorGreg Hudson <ghudson@mit.edu>2017-03-02 13:15:05 -0500
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
kinit obtains and caches an initial ticket\-granting ticket for
-\fIprincipal\fP\&.
+\fIprincipal\fP\&. If \fIprincipal\fP 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.
.SH OPTIONS
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
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.SH AUTHOR
MIT
.SH COPYRIGHT
-1985-2016, MIT
+1985-2017, MIT
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