On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:36:18AM +0300, George Mamalakis wrote: > Hi guys, > > Kevin: > As stated in my first email, the linux box is running on a 2.6.35 > kernel, heimdal 1.3.3-1 (the version was not mentioned in my email), As Kevin says, it would be worth trying MIT kerberos instead of heimdal if you can, as that is generally better tested. --b. > rpcbind-0.2.0-2, nfs-utils-1.2.2-3, and the distro is arch-linux. > > Bruce: I would rather find an "easier" (configuration-specific) way > to overcome my problem instead of delving into the code, since I am > not a developer (I am an admin :)). Nevertheless, when I used > google.com/searchcode for _gss_get_mechanism_cred I found that there > is a libgss/g_glue.c that defines this function in the following way > (the site is svn://svn.genunix.org/on/trunk <http://google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#m0BoFGhUuEY/&q=_gss_get_mechanism_cred>): > > /* > * Glue routine for returning the mechanism-specific credential from a > * external union credential. > */ > gss_cred_id_t > __gss_get_mechanism_cred(union_cred, mech_type) > const gss_union_cred_t union_cred; > const gss_OID mech_type; > { > int i; > > if (union_cred == (gss_union_cred_t)GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL) > return (GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL); > > for (i =0; i< union_cred->count; i++) { > if (g_OID_equal(mech_type,&union_cred->mechs_array[i])) > return (union_cred->cred_array[i]); > } > return (GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL); > } > > > where you can see that the guy returns a cred_array[i] element, that > obviously is null, because (most probably) the if statement above > did not match any "compatible" mechanisms during the recursion. > > Maybe I am totally wrong, since I haven't checked the code > thoroughly, but I think that the problem is located somewhere in > this code segment. > > As I stated before, I was rather hoping to avoid this procedure, > since I decided to use the linux distro for my clients due to its > 'out-of-the-box' and 'everything-is-supported' benefits as > (slightly-)opposed to fbsd (which I use in all my servers and > personal computers, and "love" as an operating system) can be a bit > more "demanding" when out-of-the-box-general-purpose issues are > involved. The thing is that the client will be used as a > general-purpose student pc in a university lab. > > Thanx again for your help, > > if anybody could direct me somewhere else I would be delighted to know so! > > mamalos > > -- > George Mamalakis > > IT Officer > Electrical and Computer Engineer (Aristotle Un. of Thessaloniki), > MSc (Imperial College of London) > > Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering > Faculty of Engineering > Aristotle University of Thessaloniki > > phone number : +30 (2310) 994379 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
