Re: NFSv4 backchannel authentication

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On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 18:28 +0200, Lukas Hejtmanek wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 03:53:01PM +0000, Myklebust, Trond wrote:
> > How is this any different to requiring that the user start rpc.statd
> > before launching an NFSv3 mount? Just document the requirement if it
> > isn't already clear enough, and we can move on.
> > 
> > The other source of confusion here, was that the rpc.svcgssd was
> > delivered through a nfs-kernel-server package, which indicates that we
> > first and foremost need to educate the distro packagers.
> 
> hmm, if both rpc.gssd and rpc.svcgssd are needed on clients and servers, isn't
> it worth of merging them into a single process?

You don't need rpc.gssd to use rpcsec_gss with NFSv3, nor do you need it
if you're not intending on using delegations with NFSv4.

-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer

NetApp
Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx
www.netapp.com

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