Information about the package, kstart, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kstart package is designed for, Daemon version of kinit for Kerberos v5.
Package Name:
kstart
Summary:
Daemon version of kinit for Kerberos v5
Description:
k5start is a modified version of kinit which can use keytabs to authenticate, can run as a daemon and wake up periodically to refresh a ticket, and can run single commands with its own authentication credentials and refresh those credentials until the command exits.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.1
Release:
8.el6
Size:
49 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the kstart package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kstart
This command will install kstart on the server.
yum remove kstart
This command will un-install kstart on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kstart, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kstart
This command will un-install kstart on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove kstart when using the -y flag.
yum update kstart
This command will update kstart to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kstart, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kstart
This command will update kstart to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove kstart when using the -y flag.
yum info kstart
This command will show you core information about the kstart package.
yum deplist kstart
This command will show you the dependencies for kstart. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update kstart
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kstart. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.