Authen...Ccache(3pm)

💖 Authen::Krb5::Ccache 💖

okay bestie, so this is the User Contributed Perl Documentation page for Authen::Krb5::Ccache — and it's literally just a Kerberos 5 credentials cache object. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "small module, big responsibilities" ✨

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🌸 VERSION 🌸

version 1.906 — yes ma'am, we're on that build 🫶

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🎀 METHODS 🎀

no cap, this is where all the action is. every single one of these, coming right up:

✨ initialize(p)

Creates/refreshes a credentials cache for the primary principal p.

⚠️ bestie listen to me: if the cache already exists, its contents are destroyed. like, gone gone. main character behaviour honestly but also kind of unhinged 😭

✨ store_cred(creds)

Stores the given credentials in the cache. those creds should be an Authen::Krb5::Creds object — the kind you get back from get_init_creds_password() or get_init_creds_keytab(). so like, hand me the creds and I'll put them away 💅

✨ get_name

Returns the name of the credentials cache. iconic. we love a name reveal 👑

✨ get_principal

Returns the primary principal of the credentials cache. who's the star of the show? this method knows. ⭐

✨ destroy

Destroys the credentials cache and releases all resources it used. it's not a vibe, it's a whole teardown. bye bye cache, you ate while you were here 🦋

✨ start_seq_get()

Returns a cursor that you can pass to next_cred() to read in turn every credential in the cache. think of it as your little ticket to ride the whole list one by one 🎟️

✨ next_cred(cursor)

Returns the next credential in the cache as an Authen::Krb5::Creds object. feed it the cursor from start_seq_get() and it just keeps handing you creds, one at a time, no cap 💖

✨ end_seq_get(cursor)

Performs cleanup operations after next_cred() and invalidates cursor.

🙈 tiny heads up: the original page spells it "opreations" and honestly? relatable. typos are a personality trait. anyway — cleanup happens, and once the cursor is invalidated, it's invalidated. don't come back for it, she's moved on ✨

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Jeff Horwitz <jeff@smashing.org> — absolute legend, go follow his work 💜

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💜 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 💜

This software is copyright (c) 2000 by Jeff Horwitz.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. slay, honestly 🫶

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and that's the whole page bestie!! sign-off time: this doc came from perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-04-11, and it lives under the manual name Authen::Krb5::Ccache(3pm). go cache those credentials, you've got this 💅✨🎀