# Using the Home Tab

Use the buttons in the Home tab to work with tickets and passwords. Several button functions can also be reached with keyboard shortcuts.
How to: Use Keyboard Shortcuts

Button | Function
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| Click this button to get new MIT Kerberos tickets. Clicking the button opens the Get Ticket window. Enter your Kerberos principal and password. To verify or change ticket settings and flags, click the Show Advanced button. When you are finished, click Okay. How to: Get Tickets
| Click this button to renew your tickets. All of your renewable tickets that have not yet expired will have their renewable lifetimes extended. Each ticket will be reset to the length of the original ticket's lifespan. How to: Renew Tickets Note: If you have multiple principals, first select the principal(s) with tickets you want to renew.
| Click this button to immediately destroy all of your MIT Kerberos tickets. How to: Destroy Tickets
| Make the selected principal the default principal. Note: You won't need to use this button if you have only one principal. Select a principal by clicking it. Then click Make Default to make the selected principal the default one. The default principal is the one whose tickets are used when an application or service asks for tickets without specifying which principal is being authenticated. How to: Make Default Principal
| Change your MIT Kerberos password. How to: Change Password Note: If you have multiple principals, you can enter the appropriate one in the Change Password window, or you can click a principal to select it before using the Change Password button.

### Related help

- Get Tickets
- Renew Tickets
- Destroy Tickets
- About Renewable Tickets
- Change Password