Administering the Kerberos Server

Searching for a Principal

Table 8-9

Search Criteria (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Character

 

Description

 

 

 

 

[...]

Represents any one character from the set except / (slash). For

 

 

example, [abc]* searches for all principal names starting with a, b, or

 

 

c.

 

 

 

The following characters have a special meaning with the [...]

 

 

construct:

 

 

 

!

Represents an exclusion when used immediately

 

 

 

after [ .

 

 

 

For example:

 

 

 

[!abc]* searches for all principal names that start

 

 

 

with any character other than a, b, or c.

 

 

 

[]a]* searches for all principal names that start

 

 

 

with the character ] or a.

 

 

 

[!]a]* searches for all principal names that do not

 

 

 

start with the character ] or a.

 

 

-

Represents a range of characters. When used

 

 

 

immediately after [ or [!, or as the last character in

 

 

 

the set, this character is matched literally. For

 

 

 

example:

 

 

 

test [1-9]searches for all principal names

 

 

 

starting with the characters test, followed by an

 

 

 

one number is the range 1 through 9.

 

 

 

[abc-]searches for all principal names starting

 

 

 

with a, b, c, or, “-”.

 

 

:

Represents the starting of a character class

 

 

 

descriptor when used immediately after [ or [!.

 

 

 

Otherwise, it is matched literally.

 

 

 

The following character classes are supported:

 

 

 

[:alnum:] [:alpha:] [:cntrl:] [:digit:]

 

 

 

[:graph:] [:lower:] [:print:] [:punct:]

 

 

 

[:space:] [:upper:] [:xdigit:]

 

 

 

 

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