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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rst_source/krb_users/user_commands/kinit.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/clients/kinit/kinit.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/rst_source/krb_users/user_commands/kinit.rst b/doc/rst_source/krb_users/user_commands/kinit.rst index a07962d4d..6143c95e4 100644 --- a/doc/rst_source/krb_users/user_commands/kinit.rst +++ b/doc/rst_source/krb_users/user_commands/kinit.rst @@ -73,11 +73,7 @@ OPTIONS validation before use. *start_time* specifies the duration of the delay before the ticket - can become valid using the same time format as the **-l** option; - alternately, an absolute time may be specified in one of several - forms, including *[[yy]yymmdd]hhmm[ss]* (and some variants with - *.* or *:* as a field separator), and some locale-specific time - specifications. + can become valid using the same time format as the **-l** option. **-r** *renewable_life* requests renewable tickets, with a total lifetime of diff --git a/src/clients/kinit/kinit.c b/src/clients/kinit/kinit.c index dcec9b766..256f165fe 100644 --- a/src/clients/kinit/kinit.c +++ b/src/clients/kinit/kinit.c @@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ parse_options(argc, argv, opts) case 's': code = krb5_string_to_deltat(optarg, &opts->starttime); if (code != 0 || opts->starttime == 0) { + /* Parse as an absolute time; intentionally undocumented + * but left for backwards compatibility. */ krb5_timestamp abs_starttime; code = krb5_string_to_timestamp(optarg, &abs_starttime); |