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kas_quit

KAS_QUIT(8)						       AFS Command Reference						       KAS_QUIT(8)

NAME

       kas_quit - Leaves interactive mode

SYNOPSIS

       quit [-help]

       q [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The kas quit command ends interactive mode, severing the authenticated connection to one or more Authentication Server processes and
       returning the issuer to the normal shell prompt.

       This command is operative only during interactive mode, so omit the kas command suite name from the command line.

OPTIONS

       -help
	   Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

EXAMPLES

       The following example demonstrates how the normal command shell prompt returns when the issuer leaves interactive mode.

	  ka> quit
	  %

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       None, and no password is required.

SEE ALSO

       kas(8), kas_interactive(8)

COPYRIGHT

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas
       Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.

OpenAFS 							    2012-03-26							       KAS_QUIT(8)