pyKmux

A small and simple python script to automatically renew a kerberos ticket in a tmux session

Installation

• Install pexpect with: pip install pexpect
• Clone the pyKmux repo
• Execute kinit in your terminal and copy the entire password prompt (including the colon) into password_prompt in pykmux.py
• Type in your password in password in pykmux.py

How to use

• Create or attach to a tmux session: tmux new or tmux a -t X
• Open a new tmux pane: Ctrl+B "
• Activate the new pane: Ctrl+B DOWN
• Execute pykmux.py every 5 hours: watch -n 18000 "python pykmux.py"
• (Optional) Hide the pane