On Wed, 8 Dec 2010, Jeff Wu wrote: > Hi ,i take the followng steps , fail to mount,too. > > ## save auth secret to a file: > $cauthtool --print-key /etc/ceph/keyring.bin > /etc/ceph/secret > chmod 600 /etc/ceph/secret > ## future ,support,read a secret from a file > $ mount -t ceph 172.16.50.10:6789:/foo /mnt/ceph > -o name=admin,secretfile=secret > > but ,the following steps ,mount ceph is successful. > > > # enable cephx, add a user and secret > $ mount -t ceph -o name=admin,secret=<secret> > 1.2.3.4:/ /mnt/ceph > $ mount -t ceph 172.16.50.10:6791:/foo /mnt/ceph > -o name=admin,secret=ÿÿAQArWtdMiI1uDRAAVbNRMeiwsjK+DEMeB7ewLg==ÿÿ The 'secretfile=' option only works if /sbin/mount.ceph is present. Maybe that didn't get installed by the rpm? mount.ceph is also what lets you specify a hostname instead of an ip. sage