krb5 commit [krb5-1.14]: Clarify kinit principal selection
Tom Yu
tlyu at mit.edu
Mon Oct 24 15:57:52 EDT 2016
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/2a50d753105df25076ace0a319fe321670655e2c
commit 2a50d753105df25076ace0a319fe321670655e2c
Author: Tom Yu <tlyu at mit.edu>
Date: Wed Sep 28 12:33:52 2016 -0400
Clarify kinit principal selection
Describe the principal selection behavior of kinit when the principal
argument is absent.
(cherry picked from commit 9896d4ffecb69f0262375b2f0db5b275a5e25de9)
ticket: 8403
version_fixed: 1.14.5
doc/user/user_commands/kinit.rst | 5 ++++-
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/user/user_commands/kinit.rst b/doc/user/user_commands/kinit.rst
index 72721c3..3f9d534 100644
--- a/doc/user/user_commands/kinit.rst
+++ b/doc/user/user_commands/kinit.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ DESCRIPTION
-----------
kinit obtains and caches an initial ticket-granting ticket for
-*principal*.
+*principal*. If *principal* 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.
OPTIONS
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