What Does Kinit Do in Linux?
Contents the Kinit Command Is Used to Obtain and Cache an Initial Ticket-Granting Ticket (Credential) for Principal. This Ticket Is Used for Authentication by...
The kinit command is used to obtain and cache an initial ticket-granting ticket (credential) for principal. This ticket is used for authentication by the Kerberos system. Notice that only users with Kerberos principals can use the Kerberos system.
What is Kinit used for?
kinit is used to obtain and cache Kerberos ticket-granting tickets. This tool is similar in functionality to the kinit tool that are commonly found in other Kerberos implementations, such as SEAM and MIT Reference implementations.
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What is Kinit and Keytab?
When you kinit with a password, kerberos uses a “string to key” algorithm to convert your password to the secret key used by the KDC. A keytab is just means for storing the secret key in a local file. So when you kinit using a keytab, it uses the key in the keytab to decrypt the blob.
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