# MIT Kerberos Documentation

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# krb5_init_creds_get - Acquire credentials using an initial credentials context.

krb5_error_code `krb5_init_creds_get`(krb5_context context, krb5_init_creds_context ctx)

param: | [in] context - Library context [in] ctx - Initial credentials context

retval: | 0 Success; otherwise - Kerberos error codes

This function synchronously obtains credentials using a context created by `krb5_init_creds_init()` . On successful return, the credentials can be retrieved with `krb5_init_creds_get_creds()` .

> context must be the same as the one passed to `krb5_init_creds_init()` for this initial credentials context.