# MIT Kerberos Documentation

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# krb5_kt_resolve - Get a handle for a key table.

krb5_error_code `krb5_kt_resolve`(krb5_context context, const char * name, krb5_keytab * ktid)

param: | [in] context - Library context [in] name - Name of the key table [out] ktid - Key table handle

retval: | 0 Success
return: | Kerberos error codes

Resolve the key table name name and set ktid to a handle identifying the key table. Use `krb5_kt_close()` to free ktid when it is no longer needed.

> name must be of the form type:residual , where type must be a type known to the library and residual portion should be specific to the particular keytab type. If no type is given, the default is FILE .

If name is of type FILE , the keytab file is not opened by this call.