<li> Create or choose a strong new password. It's best to start with a phrase instead of a word. <br>
<a href="HTML/Password_Tips.htm">About: Password Tips and Examples</a></li>
-<li>If you have multiple <a href="JavaScript:popup.TextPopup(popupPrincipal, popfont,9,9,-1,-1)">principals</a>, you can select the principal you want to manage by clicking it in the main window. Or you can wait to choose your principal in the Change Password window. </li>
+<li>If you have multiple <a href="JavaScript:popup.TextPopup(popupPrincipal, popfont,9,9,-1,-1)">principals</a>, you can select the principal you want to manage by clicking it in the main window. Or you can wait and enter your principal in the Change Password window. </li>
<li>Click the Change Password button in the ribbon menu at the of the main window.</li>
-<li> Verify your principal (your Kerberos identity) or select a different one with the pull down arrow. </li>
+<li> Verify your principal (your Kerberos identity) or enter a different one. </li>
<li>Enter your current password.</li>
<p>
Kerberos saves your principals for you if you select "Remember this
principal" in the Get Ticket window. Saved principals then
-auto-complete when you start to type them and are available from a list
+auto-complete when you start to type them
in the Get Ticket and Change Password windows.</p>
<p>
If you have saved a principal that you will no longer use, and you do
-not want that principal to auto-complete or appear in the saved
-principal list, clear your principal history.
+not want that principal to auto-complete, clear your principal history.
</p>
<p>
<ol>
<li>Click the Get Ticket button.</li>
<li>If the advanced options are hidden, click Show Advanced. </li>
-<li>Find the Clear History button to the right of the Principal field and click it.
-All of your saved principals are immediately removed from the saved list.</li>
+<li>Find the Clear History button to the right of the Principal field and click it.</li>
<li>Click Cancel to return to the main window. </li>
</ol>
To get a ticket:
<ol>
<li>Click the Get Ticket button in the Home tab or use the <a href="JavaScript:popup.TextPopup(popupKeyboardShortcut, popfont,9,9,-1,-1)">keyboard shortcut</a> [Ctrl + t].</li>
-<li>Your principal is your user name combined with the Kerberos <a href="JavaScript:popup.TextPopup(popupRealm, popfont,9,9,-1,-1)">realm</a> you are part of. For example, <span class="typed">jdoe@SALES.WIDGET.COM.</span> Enter your principal or select it from the pull down arrow if the correct principal is not already visible. Principals you have previously entered and saved are available in the pull down list. </li>
+<li>Your principal is your user name combined with the Kerberos <a href="JavaScript:popup.TextPopup(popupRealm, popfont,9,9,-1,-1)">realm</a> you are part of. For example, <span class="typed">jdoe@SALES.WIDGET.COM.</span> Enter your principal. Principals you have previously entered and saved will auto-complete. </li>
<li>Enter your password. </li>
-<li>To save this principal so you will not have to enter it again, select the "Remember this principal" checkbox. If you have multiple principals, Kerberos can remember all of them.</li>
+<li>To save this principal so Kerberos will auto-complete it for you in the future, select the "Remember this principal" checkbox. If you have multiple principals, Kerberos can remember all of them.</li>
<li>To verify or change ticket settings, click <font id="button"> Show Advanced </font> at the bottom of the window and then make any necessary changes. </li> <ul >
<li><b>To change the ticket lifetime</b>, click and drag the Ticket Lifetime slider. </li>
<ul id="helpul">
<li><a href="HTML/Tickets.htm">About tickets</a></li>
<li><a href="HTML/Ticket_Settings.htm">Ticket settings and flags</a></li>
-
+<li><a href="HTML/Forget_Principals.htm">Clear principal history</a></li>
</ul>
<SCRIPT Language=JavaScript>
popfont="Arial,.725,"
<tr><th id="th2"> Destroy your MIT Kerberos tickets </th> <td>Click the Destroy Tickets button. <br>
<a href="HTML/Destroy_Tickets.htm">How to: Destroy Tickets</a> </td></tr>
<tr><th id="th2">Manage multiple principals </th> <td>
-When you get tickets for a principal, Kerberos offers to remember the
-principal for you. You can then select saved principals from a list
-when getting tickets or changing your password. <p></p>
+When you get tickets for a principal, MIT Kerberos offers to remember the
+principal for you. The next time you start to enter a saved principal, Kerberos will auto-complete it for you. <p></p>
In the main window, click a principal to select it. The Renew Ticket,
Change Password, and Make Default buttons then apply to the selected
principal.<br>
<td>Click this button to get new MIT Kerberos tickets.
<p></p>
-Clicking the button opens the Get Ticket window. Enter
or select your Kerberos <a href="JavaScript:popup.TextPopup(popupPrincipal, popfont,9,9,-1,-1)">principal</a> and password. To verify or change ticket settings and flags, click the Show Advanced button. When you are finished, click Okay. <br>
+Clicking the button opens the Get Ticket window. Enter your Kerberos <a href="JavaScript:popup.TextPopup(popupPrincipal, popfont,9,9,-1,-1)">principal</a> and password. To verify or change ticket settings and flags, click the Show Advanced button. When you are finished, click Okay. <br>
<a href="HTML/Get_Tickets.htm">How to: Get Tickets </a></td></tr>
<tr><th id="th2"> <img src="Images/Renew_Ticket.PNG" alt="Renew Tickets" width="47" height="77" /> </th>
<td> Change your MIT Kerberos password. <br>
<a href="HTML/Change_Password.htm">How to: Change Password </a>
<p></p>
-<b>Note: </b>If you have multiple <a href="JavaScript:popup.TextPopup(popupPrincipal, popfont,9,9,-1,-1)">principals</a>, you can enter or select the appropriate one in the Change Password window, or you can click a principal to select it before using the
+<b>Note: </b>If you have multiple <a href="JavaScript:popup.TextPopup(popupPrincipal, popfont,9,9,-1,-1)">principals</a>, you can enter the appropriate one in the Change Password window, or you can click a principal to select it before using the
Change Password button.</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<p>
If you have multiple principals, several features in MIT Kerberos will help you manage them. </p>
<ul>
-<li>You can save principals when you enter them in the Get Ticket window. You can then choose from the list of saved principals when you get tickets or change your password.</li>
+<li>You can save principals when you enter them in the Get Ticket window. Kerberos will then auto-complete your principal as you start to enter it to get tickets or to change your password.</li>
<li>The Make Default button lets you easily and quickly change the default principal.</li>
</ul>
<tr>
<th id="th2">Enter and save principals</th>
<td>
-When you get tickets for a principal for the first time, enter the principal in the Principal field of the Get Ticket window. Select the "Remember this principal" checkbox to add the principal to a list. The next time you get tickets or change your password, you can select the appropriate principal from the list or enter a new one. </td></tr>
+When you get tickets for a principal for the first time, enter the principal in the Principal field of the Get Ticket window. Select the "Remember this principal" checkbox to save it. The next time you get tickets or change your password, Kerberos will auto-complete your principal as you enter it. </td></tr>
<tr>
<th id="th2">Select principal before using buttons</th>
</tr>
<th id="th2">Clear saved principals</th>
<td>
-If you have saved a principal that you will no longer use, and you do not want that principal to auto-complete or show in the saved principal list in the Get Ticket and Change Password windows, you can clear your principal history by clicking the Clear History button in the Get Ticket window. Note that MIT Kerberos will immediately clear <em>all</em> of your saved principals. <br>
+If you have saved a principal that you will no longer use, and you do not want that principal to auto-complete in the Get Ticket and Change Password windows, you can clear your principal history by clicking the Clear History button in the Get Ticket window. Note that MIT Kerberos will immediately clear <em>all</em> of your saved principals. <br>
<a href="HTML/Forget_Principals.htm">How to: Clear Principal History</a></td></tr>
</table>
<p>
If like many users you just have one Kerberos identity, you will have just one principal.
</p><p>
-In most installations, MIT Kerberos knows your realm, so when you start to enter your principal in the Get Ticket window it will auto-complete for you. If you select the "Remember this principal" checkbox you won't have to enter your principal again. </p>
+In most installations, MIT Kerberos knows your realm, so when you start to enter your principal in the Get Ticket window it will auto-complete the realm for you. If you select the "Remember this principal" checkbox, the next time you get tickets Kerberos will auto-complete your principal as soon as you start to type. </p>
<p>
The main window shows your principal, along with information about tickets issued to it. <br>
<a href="HTML/View_Tickets.htm"> How to: View Tickets </a>
<p>
Some users have multiple principals. For example, administrators often have one principal with standard access and an administrative principal with administrative access. Also, some Kerberos installations require multiple principals to access multiple realms.
<br>
- <a href="HTML/Manage_Multiple_Principals.htm">How to: Manage Multiple Principals</a> <br> <a href="HTML/Make_Default.htm">How to: Make Default Principal</a>.
+ <a href="HTML/Manage_Multiple_Principals.htm">How to: Manage Multiple Principals</a> <br> <a href="HTML/Make_Default.htm">How to: Make Default Principal</a>
</p>
<p>
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<a name="related-help"><p></p></a>
<h2>Related help</h2>
-<ul>
+<ul id="helpul">
<li><a href="HTML/Tickets.htm#renewable">About renewable tickets</a></li>
<li><a href="HTML/Ticket_Settings.htm">Ticket settings and flags</a></li>
<li><a href="HTML/Get_Tickets.htm">Get tickets</a></li>
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