KDESTROY(1)

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version 1.22.2 · 12 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, fedora 43, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💅 KDESTROY — bestie, we're logging out (MIT Kerberos, she's iconic) 🎀

okay so real talk: this is the kdestroy page from the MIT Kerberos manual. it's the lil bestie who shreds your tickets when you're done. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

kdestroy — destroy Kerberos tickets 💀✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

kdestroy [-A] [-q] [-c cache_name] [-p princ_name]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so kdestroy destroys your active Kerberos authorization tickets. the way it does it? it overwrites and deletes the credentials cache that's holding them. gone. deleted. no cap 🔥

if you don't specify a credentials cache, then it just destroys the default credentials cache. simple as that, periodt.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -A — destroys all the caches in the collection, if a cache collection is available. you can pair it with the -c option to specify which collection should get destroyed. girlboss behaviour 👑
  • -q — run quietly 🤫. normally kdestroy beeps if it fails to destroy your tickets (rude, honestly). the -q flag suppresses that behaviour. silence. peace. tranquility 🧘
  • -c cache_name — use cache_name as the credentials (ticket) cache name and location. if you don't use this option, the default cache name and location get used instead.

the default credentials cache may vary between systems 🫠. and if the KRB5CCNAME environment variable is set, its value is what's used to name the default ticket cache. iykyk.

  • -p princ_name — if a cache collection is available, destroy the cache for princ_name instead of the primary cache. you can use it with the -c option to specify the collection that gets searched 🔍

🎀 NOTE 🎀

most installations recommend that you drop the kdestroy command into your .logout file, so your tickets get destroyed automatically when you log out. honestly? set it and forget it energy. do it bestie 🫶

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

see kerberos for a description of Kerberos environment variables 💜

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_%{uid} — default location of the Kerberos 5 credentials cache 📁

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

kinit, klist, kerberos

👑 AUTHOR 👑

MIT

1985-2026, MIT

ok that's the whole page, no skips, no summaries, every flag accounted for 💅

and that's a wrap, babe — this was KDESTROY(1) from the MIT Kerberos fam, version 1.22.2 ✨ go forth, log out, destroy your tickets responsibly 🌸🦋

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