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KIMPERSONATE(8) System Manager's Manual KIMPERSONATE(8)

NAME

kimpersonate
impersonate a user when there exist a srvtab, keyfile or KeyFile

SYNOPSIS

kimpersonate [
-s string | - -server=string
] [
-c string | - -client=string
] [
-k string | - -keytab=string
] [
-5 | --krb5
] [
-e integer | - -expire-time=integer
] [
-a string | - -client-address=string
] [
-t string | - -enc-type=string
] [
--session-enc-type=string
] [
-f string | - -ticket-flags=string
] [
--verbose
] [
--version
] [
--help
]

DESCRIPTION

The kimpersonate program creates a "fake" ticket using the service-key of the service. The service key can be read from a Kerberos 5 keytab, AFS KeyFile or (if compiled with support for Kerberos 4) a Kerberos 4 srvtab. Supported options:
string, - -server=string
name of server principal
string, - -client=string
name of client principal
string, - -keytab=string
name of keytab file
, --krb5
create a Kerberos 5 ticket
integer, - -expire-time=integer
lifetime of ticket in seconds
string, - -client-address=string
address of client
string, - -enc-type=string
encryption type (defaults to "aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96")
--session-enc-type=string
session encryption type (defaults to enc-type or "des-cbc-crc" for afs service tickets)
string, - -ticket-flags=string
ticket flags for krb5 ticket
--verbose
Verbose output
--version
Print version
--help
 

FILES

Uses /etc/krb5.keytab, /etc/srvtab and /usr/afs/etc/KeyFile when available and the -k option is used with an appropriate prefix.

EXAMPLES

kimpersonate can be used in samba root preexec option or for debugging. kimpersonate -s host/hummel.e.kth.se@E.KTH.SE -c lha@E.KTH.SE -5 will create a Kerberos 5 ticket for lha@E.KTH.SE for the host hummel.e.kth.se if there exists a keytab entry for it in /etc/krb5.keytab.

SEE ALSO

kinit(1), klist(1)

AUTHORS

Love Hornquist Astrand <lha@kth.se>
September 18, 2006 Heimdal