Why sometimes we got credential /tmp/krb5cc_<uid>_xxxx?

[Douglas E. Engert]

Grace Tsai wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Why sometimes we got credential file not
> 
> /tmp/krb5cc_<uid>

This would be the default  name, and would be createdby kinit.
> 
> but
> 
> /tmp/krb5cc_<uid>_xxxxx
> (xxxxx are just random characters)

This would be a "session" cache, and would be created by sshd for example.
the xxxxx is mean to make the name unique. You would want a different 
cache for each session, so the sessions would not interfer with each other.  
The sshd would also set the KRB5CCNAME env to point to the cache. 

> 
> How to correct this? Thanks.

Its a feature not a problem. 

> 
> Grace
> 
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