$NetBSD: krb5_principal_intro.3,v 1.3 2023/06/19 21:41:40 christos Exp $
"krb5_principal_intro" 3 "Tue Nov 15 2022" "Version 7.8.0" "Heimdal Kerberos 5 library" \" -*- nroff -*-
NAME
krb5_principal_intro - The principal handing functions.
A Kerberos principal is a email address looking string that contains two parts separated by . The second part is the kerberos realm the principal belongs to and the first is a list of 0 or more components. For example
lha@SU.SE host/hummel.it.su.se@SU.SE host/admin@H5L.ORG
See the library functions here: Heimdal Kerberos 5 principal functions