As mentioned in the previous section, the user utilities and DFS require the user be logged into DCE.
The following command is used to issue a DCE login:
dce_login [ principal_name ] [ password ]
When this command is entered, the principal's identity is validated, and the network credentials are obtained. If principal name or password are not supplied, dce_login will prompt for them.
When the principal's DCE login context is no longer required, the following command may be used to destroy the login context and associated credentials:
Other DCE commands which might be of interest to the user are:
klist list the primary principal and tickets held in the DCE credentials cache
kinit Refresh a DCE credentials cache