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Authenticating a User

This topic explains how DCE security authenticates a user/client. DCE authentication basically consists of two successive procedures:

1. Acquisition by the security client of a ticket-granting ticket (TGT) for the user.

2. Acquisition by the security client of a privilege-ticket-granting ticket (PTGT) for the user.

These procedures are described in the following two subtopics.

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How the Client Obtains a TGT for the User

How the Client Obtains a PTGT for the User

The Login Context

Identities in a Delegation Chain