KDESTROY(1)KDESTROY(1)NAMEkdestroy - destroy Kerberos tickets
SYNOPSISkdestroy [-5] [-4] [-q] [-c cache_name]
DESCRIPTION
The kdestroy utility destroys the user's active Kerberos authorization
tickets by writing zeros to the specified credentials cache that con‐
tains them. If the credentials cache is not specified, the default
credentials cache is destroyed. If kdestroy was built with Kerberos 4
support, the default behavior is to destroy both Kerberos 5 and Ker‐
beros 4 credentials. Otherwise, kdestroy will default to destroying
only Kerberos 5 credentials.
OPTIONS-5 destroy Kerberos 5 credentials. This overrides whatever the
default built-in behavior may be. This option may be used with
-4
-4 destroy Kerberos 4 credentials. This overrides whatever the
default built-in behavior may be. This option is only available
if kinit was built with Kerberos 4 compatibility. This option
may be used with -5
-q Run quietly. Normally kdestroy beeps if it fails to destroy the
user's tickets. The -q flag suppresses this behavior.
-c cache_name
use cache_name as the credentials (ticket) cache name and loca‐
tion; if this option is not used, the default cache name and
location are used.
The default credentials cache may vary between systems. If the
KRB5CCNAME environment variable is set, its value is used to
name the default ticket cache.
Most installations recommend that you place the kdestroy command in
your .logout file, so that your tickets are destroyed automatically
when you log out.
ENVIRONMENT
Kdestroy uses the following environment variables:
KRB5CCNAME Location of the Kerberos 5 credentials (ticket) cache.
KRBTKFILE Filename of the Kerberos 4 credentials (ticket) cache.
FILES
/tmp/krb5cc_[uid] default location of Kerberos 5 credentials cache
([uid] is the decimal UID of the user).
/tmp/tkt[uid] default location of Kerberos 4 credentials cache ([uid]
is the decimal UID of the user).
SEE ALSOkinit(1), klist(1), krb5(3)BUGS
Only the tickets in the specified credentials cache are destroyed.
Separate ticket caches are used to hold root instance and password
changing tickets. These should probably be destroyed too, or all of a
user's tickets kept in a single credentials cache.
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