Re: [PATCH] cifs: allow admins to specify an alternate krb5.conf file

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On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:04:53 -0600
Shirish Pargaonkar <shirishpargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This was actually requested by the Red Hat QA group, who sometimes work
> > with multiple krb5.conf files when testing.
> >
> > Requested-by: Marko Myllynen <myllynen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  cifs.upcall.8.in |    8 +++++++-
> >  cifs.upcall.c    |   13 ++++++++++---
> >  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/cifs.upcall.8.in b/cifs.upcall.8.in
> > index 0d79a99..3ae0562 100644
> > --- a/cifs.upcall.8.in
> > +++ b/cifs.upcall.8.in
> > @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
> >  cifs.upcall \- Userspace upcall helper for Common Internet File System (CIFS)
> >  .SH "SYNOPSIS"
> >  .HP \w'\ 'u
> > -cifs\&.upcall [\-\-trust\-dns|\-t] [\-\-version|\-v] [\-\-legacy\-uid|\-l] {keyid}
> > +cifs\&.upcall [\-\-trust\-dns|\-t] [\-\-version|\-v] [\-\-legacy\-uid|\-l] [--krb5conf=/path/to/krb5.conf|-k /path/to/...] {keyid}
> >  .SH "DESCRIPTION"
> >  .PP
> >  This tool is part of the cifs-utils suite\&.
> > @@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ for a particular key type\&. While it can be run directly from the command\-line
> >  This option is deprecated and is currently ignored\&.
> >  .RE
> >  .PP
> > +\--krb5conf=/path/to/krb5.conf|-k /path/to/krb5.conf
> > +.RS 4
> > +This option allows administrators to set an alternate location for the
> > +krb5.conf file that cifs.upcall will use.
> > +.RE
> > +.PP
> >  \-\-trust\-dns|\-t
> >  .RS 4
> >  With krb5 upcalls, the name used as the host portion of the service principal defaults to the hostname portion of the UNC\&. This option allows the upcall program to reverse resolve the network address of the server in order to get the hostname\&.
> > diff --git a/cifs.upcall.c b/cifs.upcall.c
> > index f560d21..0d222cb 100644
> > --- a/cifs.upcall.c
> > +++ b/cifs.upcall.c
> > @@ -759,12 +759,13 @@ lowercase_string(char *c)
> >
> >  static void usage(void)
> >  {
> > -       fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-t] [-v] [-l] key_serial\n", prog);
> > +       fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-k /path/to/krb5.conf] [-t] [-v] [-l] key_serial\n", prog);
> >  }
> >
> >  const struct option long_options[] = {
> > -       {"trust-dns", 0, NULL, 't'},
> > +       {"krb5conf", 1, NULL, 'k'},
> >        {"legacy-uid", 0, NULL, 'l'},
> > +       {"trust-dns", 0, NULL, 't'},
> >        {"version", 0, NULL, 'v'},
> >        {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
> >  };
> > @@ -792,7 +793,7 @@ int main(const int argc, char *const argv[])
> >
> >        openlog(prog, 0, LOG_DAEMON);
> >
> > -       while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "cltv", long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
> > +       while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "ck:ltv", long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
> >                switch (c) {
> >                case 'c':
> >                        /* legacy option -- skip it */
> > @@ -800,6 +801,12 @@ int main(const int argc, char *const argv[])
> >                case 't':
> >                        try_dns++;
> >                        break;
> > +               case 'k':
> > +                       if (setenv("KRB5_CONFIG", optarg, 1) != 0) {
> > +                               syslog(LOG_ERR, "unable to set $KRB5_CONFIG: %d", errno);
> > +                               goto out;
> > +                       }
> > +                       break;
> >                case 'l':
> >                        legacy_uid++;
> >                        break;
> > --
> > 1.7.7.4
> >
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> 
> Who does getenv on KRB5_CONFIG?
> 

The krb5 libraries.

> Also, is the name of the environment variable as KRB5_CONFIG, decided?
> It is a common name, perhaps we can change it to something like
> CIFS_KRB5_CONFIG (and mention it in the manpage) to make it
> cifs (upcall) specific?

It's a well-known environment variable that affects what krb5.conf the
krb5 libs will use. What would be the point of changing the name?

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