1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"> 2<html><head> 3<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft� HTML Help Workshop 4.1"> 4<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Leash.css"> 5<title>Options Tab</title></head> 6 7<body> 8<h1><a name="top">Using the Options Tab </a> </h1> 9<img src="Images/Options_Tab.PNG" alt="Home Tab " width="583" height="115" /> 10<p> 11Click the Options tab to reach the checkboxes that control ticket and 12view options. The Options tab has two panels. Use the View Options 13panel to choose which information is displayed for your tickets. Use 14the Ticket Options panel to turn MIT Kerberos's automatic features on 15or off. </p> 16<p> 17Scroll down to browse information about both panels, or jump to a section by clicking a link below.</p> 18<table> 19<tbody><tr> 20<th id="th2">Learn about....</th><th id="th2">How to....</th></tr> 21<tr><td> 22<ul id="helpul"> 23<li><a href="#view-options">View Options </a></li> 24<li><a href="#ticket-options">Ticket Options </a></li> 25</ul></td> 26<td> 27<ul id="helpul"> 28<li><a href="#using-view-options">Use the View Options Panel</a></li> 29<li><a href="#using-ticket-options">Use the Ticket Options Panel</a></li> 30 31</ul></td> 32</tr> 33</tbody></table> 34 35<h2> <a name="using-view-options">Using the View Options Panel</a></h2> 36<p> 37Click the Options tab at the top of the ribbon menu and look to the 38left to find the View Options panel. View Options control which ticket information columns are displayed in the main window.</p> 39<p> 40Select a checkbox to show the information column in the main window. 41Deselect it to hide the column. Some options are selected by default. 42For example, "Valid Until" is selected by default, so the main window 43shows the Valid Until column showing when your tickets will expire. <br> 44<a href="HTML/View_Tickets.htm">How to: View Tickets </a> </p> 45 46<h2><a name="#view-options">View Options </a></h2> 47 48<table> 49<tbody><tr> 50<th> 51Checkbox </th> 52<th> 53Select to...</th> 54 55</tr> 56<tr> 57 <tr><th id="th2"> 58<table id="table-inner"><tr id="table-inner"><td id="table-inner"> 59<img src="Images/checkbox.PNG" alt="checkbox image" width="20" height="20" /> </td> <td id="table-inner"><a name="issued">Issued </a></td> </th> </tr> 60</table> 61<td> See the date and time your ticket was originally obtained. </td> 62 </tr> 63<tr><th id="th2"> 64<table id="table-inner"><tr id="table-inner"><td id="table-inner"> 65<img src="Images/checkbox.PNG" alt="checkbox image" width="20" height="20" /> </td> <td id="table-inner">Renewable Until </td> </th> </tr> 66</table> 67<td><a name="renewable-until">See the date and time that your renewable tickets expire completely and cannot be renewed. </a> After this time you must get new tickets to access services authenticated by Kerberos. 68<p></p> 69 If this column shows <em>Not Renewable</em>, the ticket was not flagged as renewable when you obtained it. 70<p></p> 71<b>Related Help:</b> 72<ul id="helpul"> 73<li> <a href="HTML/Tickets.htm#renewable"> About: Renewable Tickets</a> </li> 74<li><a href="HTML/Renew_Tickets.htm"> How to: Renew Tickets</a></li> 75<li><a href="HTML/Ticket_Settings.htm"> About: Ticket Settings and Flags</a></li> 76</ul> 77</td></tr> 78<tr><th id="th2"> 79<table id="table-inner"><tr id="table-inner"><td id="table-inner"> 80<img src="Images/checkbox.PNG" alt="checkbox image" width="20" height="20" /> </td> <td id="table-inner">Valid Until </td> </th> </tr> 81</table> 82<td> <a name="valid-until"> 83See when your ticket will expire. </a>Note that you cannot renew a ticket if you let it expire. 84<p></p> 85Kerberos alerts you to expiring tickets with a warning in a pop up window. 86To add an audible warning, select the Expiration Alarm checkbox in the Ticket Options panel. <br><a href="#using-ticket-options">How to: Use Ticket Options Panel</a> 87 </td></tr> 88 <tr><th id="th2"> 89<table id="table-inner"><tr id="table-inner"><td id="table-inner"> 90<img src="Images/checkbox.PNG" alt="checkbox image" width="20" height="20" /> </td> <td id="table-inner">Encryption Type </td> </th> </tr> 91</table> 92<td><a name="encryption-type">See the encryption type used to encrypt each session key and ticket. </a> This can be useful when troubleshooting. 93<p></p> 94 Kerberos supports multiple types of encryption. The type used for a particular ticket or session key is automatically negotiated when you request a ticket or a service. <br> 95<a href="HTML/Encryption_Types.htm#supported-types">About: Encryption Types</a> </td></tr> 96<tr> 97<tr><th id="th2"> 98<table id="table-inner"><tr id="table-inner"><td id="table-inner"> 99<img src="Images/checkbox.PNG" alt="checkbox image" width="20" height="20" /> </td> <td id="table-inner">Flags </td> </th> </tr> 100</table> 101<td> <a name="flags">See how the tickets were flagged (renewable and/or fowardable) when you obtained them. </a> 102<p></p> 103 You cannot change the flags on existing tickets. If you need a ticket with different flags, you must get a new ticket. <br> 104<a href="HTML/Ticket_Settings.htm">About: Ticket Settings and Flags </a> 105</td> 106</tr> 107</tbody></table> 108<p> 109<a href="#top">Back to Top</a> </p> 110 111 112<h2> <a name="using-ticket-options">Using the Ticket Options Panel</a></h2> 113<p> 114Click the Options tab at the top of the ribbon menu and look to the 115right to find the Ticket Options panel. Ticket Options control MIT 116Kerberos's automatic features.</p> 117<p> 118Select a Ticket Option checkbox to turn that feature on. Deselect it to turn the feature off. </p> 119 120<h2><a name="#ticket-options">Ticket Options </a></h2> 121<table> 122<tbody><tr> 123<th> 124Checkbox</th> 125<th> 126Select to...</th> 127</tr> 128<tr><th id="th2"> 129<table id="table-inner"><tr id="table-inner"><td id="table-inner"> 130 <img src="Images/checkbox.PNG" alt="checkbox image" width="20" height="20" /> </td> <td id="table-inner">Automatic Ticket Renewal </td> </th> </tr> 131</table> 132<td> 133<a name="automatic-renewal">Automatically renew tickets flagged as renewable, without promptings or requiring a password, until the renewal lifetime is reached. </a> 134<p></p> 135 Renewing your tickets allows you to run 136batch jobs without interruption and to work through a long session 137without continually reentering your 138password. <br> 139 <a href="HTML/Tickets.htm#renewable">About: Renewable Tickets</a> 140<p></p> 141<b>Note: </b>Automatic ticket renewal will not work if you exit MIT Kerberos or if your machine is in hibernation mode. 142 </td></tr> 143 144<tr><th id="th2"> 145<table id="table-inner"><tr id="table-inner"><td id="table-inner"> 146<img src="Images/checkbox.PNG" alt="checkbox image" width="20" height="20" /> </td> <td id="table-inner">Expiration Alarm</td> </th> </tr> 147</table> 148<td><a name="expiration-alarm">Have MIT Kerberos provide an audible alarm 15, 10, and 5 minutes before your tickets expire.</a> 149<p></p> 150 Regardless of whether this option is on, MIT Kerberos alerts you to expiring tickets at the same intervals with pop up window. However, the pop up 151window will not always be visible on a busy desktop. <br> 152 <a href="HTML/Tickets.htm#expiration">About: Ticket Expiration</a></td></tr> 153 <tr><th id="th2"> 154<table id="table-inner"><tr id="table-inner"><td id="table-inner"> 155<img src="Images/checkbox.PNG" alt="checkbox image" width="20" height="20" /> </td> <td id="table-inner"> Destroy Tickets on Exit </td> </th> </tr> 156</table> 157<td> <a name="destroy-tickets">Have MIT Kerberos destroy your tickets when you exit the program. </a> 158<p></p> 159Turning this option on provides greater security. However, you will 160need to turn this off if you want to exit MIT Kerberos while leaving 161processes running which require your valid tickets. </td></tr> 162 163 164<tr><th id="th2"> 165<table id="table-inner"><tr id="table-inner"><td id="table-inner"> 166<img src="Images/checkbox.PNG" alt="checkbox image" width="20" height="20" /> </td> <td id="table-inner">Allow Mixed Case Realm Name</td> </th> </tr> 167</table> 168<td><a name="mixed-case-realm"> Use a Kerberos realm with lower case letters in its name.</a> 169<p></p> 170Kerberos <em>realms</em> are a way of logically grouping resources and identities that use Kerberos. 171By convention, realm names use all upper case letters. This helps 172distinguish a realm from the DNS domain it corresponds to. Realm names 173are case sensitive. So for convenience, anything you enter in the realm 174field of the Get Ticket window is converted to upper case, unless you 175turn this option on. </td></tr> 176</tbody></table> 177<p> 178<a href="#top">Back to Top</a> </p> 179 180 181</body></html> 182
