Re: Build infrastructure for storing NTLM creds in kernel keyring

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On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 14:04:44 +0400
"Igor Druzhinin" <jaxbrigs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As I saw current kernel code had no method for checking from userspace is 
> the entered credentials are wrong without mount. Is it's right?

Correct. You really can't check without connecting to the server.

> But if user want to update them there are should be a mechanism for clearing 
> old or wrong creds. As my opinion it may be something like --clear option.

Sounds good. You will want to be able to update or clear invalid creds.

> Besides, is it right to store multiple identical creds in keyring or creds 
> with the same user and domain_host name?

Not sure that I see any point in multiple creds per user@host or
user@domain. Only one will ever be valid for each combination. Why
would you want multiple sets? How would you know which ones to use?

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx>
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