How to Access a Directory With Kerberos Authentication

Type cd /mountpoint.

Access the mounted directory, just as you would any other mounted directory. You can list the files in the directory with the ls command, or list the Kerberos tickets with the klist command.

Example of Accessing a Directory With Kerberos Authentication

In the following example, user jjones can change to the mounted mntkrb directory and list the files in this directory.

The kerbd daemon has automatically secured a ticket on the user's behalf for the NFS server exporting the file system. At this point there are two valid tickets--the original ticket-granting ticket, and the server ticket. These two tickets are listed by klist.

earth% cd /mntkrb
earth% ls -l /mntkrb
-rw-r--r-- 1 marks  staff  29 Jul 14 12:22 sports
drwxr-xr-x 3 jjones staff 512 Sep 13 13:44 market
 
earth% klist
Ticket file: /tmp/tkt8516
Principal: jjones@North.Abc.COM
  Issued            Expires          Principal
  Jan 14 20:40:54   Jan
15:04:40:54  krbtgt.North.Abc.COM@North.Abc.COM
  Jan 14 20:43:21   Jan 15:04:43:21  nfs.pluto@North.Abc.COM