[krb5-auth-dialog] Improve description of --auto
- From: Guido Günther <guidog src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [krb5-auth-dialog] Improve description of --auto
- Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 09:23:45 +0000 (UTC)
commit b2da1f9ef7ed6ade542dc105ac1185436faf3db7
Author: Guido Günther <agx sigxcpu org>
Date: Fri Jul 7 11:22:33 2017 +0200
Improve description of --auto
Thanks: Daniel Richard G.
src/krb5-auth-dialog.1.in | 7 +++++--
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/src/krb5-auth-dialog.1.in b/src/krb5-auth-dialog.1.in
index 2a9867e..7630fd5 100644
--- a/src/krb5-auth-dialog.1.in
+++ b/src/krb5-auth-dialog.1.in
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ credentials, prompting the user for whatever information is necessary.
.TP
\fB--auto\fR
-If this option is specified, \fBkrb5-auth-dialog\fR will exit if it finds that the
-user has no Kerberos credentials.
+If this option is specified, \fkrb5-auth-dialog\f will start only if it
+finds that the user has Kerberos credentials. This may be used to
+ensure that only users who actually use Kerberos see the program.
+Note that in some settings, users may authenticate to Kerberos at a
+later time even if they do not have Kerberos credentials initially.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR krb5.conf (5)
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