krb5ccmachine

[Marek Greško]

Hello,

the 
kinit -c /tmp/krb5ccmachine_EXAMPLE.COM
asks for password. Which password? What should I expect thereafter to happen?

I also asked AI to help me on the original issue. It thinks it is related to gssproxy and most probably it is right. It stated there is not nuch to do and I should accept the current state. But I feel a little bit unhappy, since it creates file with predictable name in the /tmp and it could be a security risk.

Thanks

Marek



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piatok 24. apríla 2026, 16:02, Christian, Mark <mark.christian at intel.com> napísal/a:

> On Fri, 2026-04-24 at 10:44 +0000, Marek Greško via Kerberos wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have configured kerberos client on Fedora 43. I configured kerberos
> > to use KCM: ccache. Users ccaches are in KCM, but I always see the
> > file /tmp/krb5ccmachine_EXAMPLE.COM created. Why is this file
> > created?
> 
> Perhaps related to your kerberos NFS configuration? Inspect the cache,
> kinit -c /tmp/krb5ccmachine_EXAMPLE.COM, doing so might clue you in.
> 
> Mark
> 
> >  What mechanism does not use KCM and how could it be convinced to do
> > so?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Marek
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