Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add "-e" option to rpc.gssd to allow error on ticket expiry. Try 2 with added man pages. | From | Trond Myklebust <> | Date | Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:35:33 +0200 |
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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 -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer
NetApp Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com www.netapp.com
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