krb5ccmachine

[Christian, Mark]

On Mon, 2026-04-27 at 04:38 +0000, Marek Greško wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> the 
> kinit -c /tmp/krb5ccmachine_EXAMPLE.COM
> asks for password. Which password? What should I expect thereafter to
> happen?

Sorry I meant for you to use klist, not kinit:

% klist -c /tmp/krb5ccmachine_EXAMPLE.COM

> 
> 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.

see man gssproxy.conf for details on howto configure the location of
cred_store / ccache.

Mark 


> 
> Thanks
> 
> Marek
> 
> 
> 
> Odoslané pomocou bezpečného emailu Proton Mail.
> 
> 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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