pam_krb5_cchelper(8)

💖 pam_krb5_cchelper(8): Credential Cache Helper 💖

okay bestie, this is the pam_krb5_cchelper(8) page from the System Administrator's Manual — and it's literally the little helper that handles credential caches. 🎀 No cap, it's giving support-character energy for pam_krb5.so.

✨ NAME ✨

/usr/$LIB/security/pam_krb5/pam_krb5_cchelper — Credential cache helper. 💅

🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

pam_krb5_cchelper [-c|-u|-d] [ccname] [uid] [gid]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The pam_krb5.so module uses pam_krb5_cchelper to create, update, and remove credential caches. Periodt. 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• -c, -u, or -d — this flag tells the helper whether it's expected to create, update, or destroy a ccache. When creating a ccache, the ccname argument should be a name or a pattern ending in XXXXXX. When updating or deleting a ccache, the ccname argument should be the name of an extant ccache.
• ccname — a credential cache name or name pattern of the form TYPE:/tmp/foo or TYPE:/tmp/fooXXXXXX. ✨
• uid — an optional numeric UID. The helper will attempt to switch to it before creating a ccache. If that attempt fails, the helper continues in its task anyway. 😭
• gid — an optional numeric GID. The helper will attempt to switch to it before creating a ccache. If that attempt fails, the helper continues in its task anyway. 🫶

🦋 OPERATION 🦋

• The helper will read contents from its standard input.
• If input of suitable length is not read, the specified credential cache is deleted. 💀
• If input of suitable length is read, a temporary file is created and the input is stored to the file. Then:
  • If TYPE is FILE, the file's name will be based on the pattern and the name of this new credential cache will be printed. 🌈
  • If TYPE is not FILE, a new credential cache will be created and the contents of the temporary file will be treated as a credential cache whose contents will be copied into the new credential cache, whose name will be printed. 💖

📁 FILES 📁

• /usr/$LIB/security/pam_krb5.so — the file listed here, bestie. 🍓

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• mkstemp(3)
• pam_krb5(5)
• pam_krb5(8)

go peek at these if you want the full lore. iykyk. 💅

💀 BUGS 💀

Probably — but bestie, let's hope not. 😭 If you find any, please file them in the bug database at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/ against the "pam_krb5" component.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> 🫶

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byeeee 💖 this page is from openSUSE, dated 2013/04/16, and it's the pam_krb5_cchelper(8) manual page — slay responsibly, bestie ✨