How to Log In to Kerberos Service

Log in to the Kerberos service by using the kinit -l username command.

earth% kinit -l username 

The kinit command prompts you for the ticket lifetime (-l option), and your password. It prints out ticket status using the verbose mode (-v option).

Example of Logging In to Kerberos Service

earth% kinit -l jjones
SunOS (earth)
Kerberos Initialization for "jjones"
Kerberos ticket lifetime (minutes): 480
Password:
earth%