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If the credentials cache is not specified, the default credentials cache is destroyed.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="options"> <h2>OPTIONS<a class="headerlink" href="#options" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="docutils"> <dt><strong>-A</strong></dt> <dd>Destroys all caches in the collection, if a cache collection is available.</dd> <dt><strong>-q</strong></dt> <dd>Run quietly. Normally kdestroy beeps if it fails to destroy the user’s tickets. The <strong>-q</strong> flag suppresses this behavior.</dd> <dt><strong>-c</strong> <em>cache_name</em></dt> <dd><p class="first">Use <em>cache_name</em> as the credentials (ticket) cache name and location; if this option is not used, the default cache name and location are used.</p> <p class="last">The default credentials cache may vary between systems. If the <strong>KRB5CCNAME</strong> environment variable is set, its value is used to name the default ticket cache.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="section" id="note"> <h2>NOTE<a class="headerlink" href="#note" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Most installations recommend that you place the kdestroy command in your .logout file, so that your tickets are destroyed automatically when you log out.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="environment"> <h2>ENVIRONMENT<a class="headerlink" href="#environment" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>kdestroy uses the following environment variable:</p> <dl class="docutils"> <dt><strong>KRB5CCNAME</strong></dt> <dd>Location of the default Kerberos 5 credentials (ticket) cache, in the form <em>type</em>:<em>residual</em>. If no <em>type</em> prefix is present, the <strong>FILE</strong> type is assumed. The type of the default cache may determine the availability of a cache collection; for instance, a default cache of type <strong>DIR</strong> causes caches within the directory to be present in the collection.</dd> </dl> </div> <div class="section" id="files"> <h2>FILES<a class="headerlink" href="#files" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="docutils"> <dt><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_%{uid}</span></code></dt> <dd>Default location of Kerberos 5 credentials cache</dd> </dl> </div> <div class="section" id="see-also"> <h2>SEE ALSO<a class="headerlink" href="#see-also" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p><a class="reference internal" href="kinit.html#kinit-1"><span class="std std-ref">kinit</span></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="klist.html#klist-1"><span class="std std-ref">klist</span></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <h2>On this page</h2> <ul> <li><a class="reference 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