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][ -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:

-s string, - -server= string

name of server principal

-c string, - -client= string

name of client principal

-k string, - -keytab= string

name of keytab file

-5, - -krb5

create a Kerberos 5 ticket

-e integer, - -expire-time= integer

lifetime of ticket in seconds

-a string, - -client-address= string

address of client

-t string, - -enc-type= string

encryption type

-f 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>