KF(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to kf — the icon, the moment. this is the kf(1) manual page, living in the General Commands Manual section, and its whole job is: securely forward tickets 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

kf [-p port | --port=port] [-l login | --login=login] [-c ccache |
   --ccache=ccache] [-F | --forwardable] [-G | --no-forwardable]
   [-h | --help] [--version] host ...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like. the kf program forwards tickets to a remote host through an authenticated and encrypted stream. that's the vibe. that's the whole thing. she's secure, she's streaming, she's doing the most 💅

the options she supports are:

• -p port, --port=*port* — port to connect to 🌸
• -l login, --login=*login* — remote login name 🎀
• -c ccache, --ccache=*ccache* — remote cred cache ✨
• -F, --forwardable — forward forwardable credentials 🫶
• -G, --no-forwardable — do not forward forwardable credentials 🙈
• -h, --help
• --version

kf is useful when you do not want to enter your password on a remote host but you do want to have your tickets there — for example for AFS. like, why type your whole password on some other machine when your tickets could just... show up? no cap, that's the dream 💖

⚠️ but listen, for kf to actually work you need to acquire your initial ticket with the forwardable flag. i.e.:

kinit --forwardable

fr fr, no forwardable ticket = no forwarding. that's the rule bestie, i don't make them 🥲

also, lowkey important: telnet is able to forward tickets by itself. so if that's your situation, you might not even need kf for it. iykyk 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• kinit(1)
• telnet(1)
• kfd(8)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one ships out of Debian, dated July 2, 2000 — yeah she's an elder but she's still iconic and she still slays. go forward those tickets responsibly 💜👑✨