Shyam Prasad N <nspmangalore@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > It just occurred to me that integrating with mount.cifs will not > suffice for a multiuser scenario. > It sounds like we need to modify cifscreds command to have a switch > for cifscreds command; if used in krb5 context, instead of dealing > with kernel keyring, we authenticate with PAM (for add) and call PAM > logoff (for clear). > If users are then missing krb5 tickets (logged in to ssh using private > keys), they can call cifscreds to get the tickets. > > @Pavel Shilovsky @Aurélien Aptel Please let me know what you think > about this approach. > If you agree, I'll start working on the patch. Hm what happens where there are multiple mounts with different auth type on the same machine. e.g. //host/share1 as userA in /mnt/1 via ntlmssp //host/share2 as userA in /mnt/2 via krb cifscreds should change both no? Cheers, -- Aurélien Aptel / SUSE Labs Samba Team GPG: 1839 CB5F 9F5B FB9B AA97 8C99 03C8 A49B 521B D5D3 SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, DE GF: Felix Imendörffer, Mary Higgins, Sri Rasiah HRB 247165 (AG München)