SCLIENT(1) MIT Kerberos SCLIENT(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

sclient - sample Kerberos version 5 client

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**sclient** *remotehost*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

sclient is a sample application, primarily useful for testing purposes. It contacts a sample server *sserver* and authenticates to it using Kerberos version 5 tickets, then displays the server's response.

# [ENVIRONMENT](#ENVIRONMENT)

See *kerberos* for a description of Kerberos environment variables.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

*kinit*, *sserver*, *kerberos*

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

MIT

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

1985-2026, MIT

1.22.2

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Document: sclient(1) from krb5 1.22.2-r5 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/krb5/krb5.git