This example shows a user, jennifer, creating a ticket on her own system.
% kinit Password for jennifer@ENG.ACME.COM: <enter password> |
Here the user david creates a ticket good for three hours with the -l option.
% kinit -l 3h david@ACME.ORG Password for david@ACME.ORG: <enter password> |
This example shows david creating a forwardable ticket (with -f) for himself. With this forwardable ticket, he can (for example) log in to a second system, and then telnet to a third system.
% kinit -f david@ACME.ORG Password for david@ACME.ORG: <enter password> |
For more on how forwarding tickets works, see "Types of Tickets".