Reference

kswitch(1)

switch primary ticket cache

NAME

kswitch - switch primary ticket cache

SYNOPSIS

kswitch {-c cachename|-p principal}

DESCRIPTION

kswitch makes the specified credential cache the primary cache for the collection, if a cache collection is available.

OPTIONS

-c cachename

Directly specifies the credential cache to be made primary.

-p principal

Causes the cache collection to be searched for a cache containing credentials for principal. If one is found, that collection is made primary.

ENVIRONMENT

See kerberos for a description of Kerberos environment variables.

FILES

FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_%{uid}

Default location of Kerberos 5 credentials cache

SEE ALSO

kinit, kdestroy, klist, kerberos

AUTHOR

MIT

COPYRIGHT

1985-2026, MIT

History

-c since Debian 8 (Jessie); -p since Debian 8 (Jessie).