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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Add "-e" option to rpc.gssd to allow error on ticket expiry. Try 2 with added man pages.
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On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 15:34 +0100, John Hughes wrote: 
> Description: Add "-e" (ticket expiry is error) option to rpc.gssd
> In kernels starting around 2.6.34 the nfs4 server will block all I/O
> when a user ticket expires. In earlier kernels the I/O would fail
> with an EACCESS error. This patch adds a "-e" option to rpc.gssd
> which allow the earlier behaviour (EKEYEXPIRED is converted to
> EACCESS). This behaviour is particularly useful when user home
> directories are nfs4 mounted with krb5 security - if the user is
> absent from their workstation for long enough for the ticket to
> expire a new ticket will be obtained (via pam_krb5) by the screen
> unlock process.

You need a big fat warning somewhere that enabling this option WILL
cause data corruption...

Trond
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Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer

NetApp
Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com
www.netapp.com



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