Administration

Finding a Principal

Finding a Principal

There are two ways to search for a principal:

Click List All to display a list of principals of the current realm in the List of Principals dialog box. This dialog box can display upto 1,000 principals.

— or

Click Search to display a list of principals of the current realm that match the search criteria entered in the Search String field. The List of Principals dialog box can display upto 1,000 principals.

 

 

To search for a principal

Step

1.

On the Principals tab of the kadminl_ui window, select the principal’s

 

 

realm.

Step

2.

Enter the search criteria for the principal in the Search String field.

 

 

The search string can contain wild cards.

Step

3.

Click Search to display the principal names from the current realm that

 

 

match your search criteria.

Step

4.

A list of up to 1,000 names from the current realm that match your

 

 

search criteria appears in the List of Principals dialog box.

Step

5.

If you cannot find the principal name you want in the list, then refine

 

 

your search criteria.

Given below are some valuable tips that will help you in refining your search criteria.

Search Criteria

The search characters are:

*

Represents any string of characters, including the “/

 

and no characters. For example,

 

*/admin searches for all principal names with an

 

admin instance.

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