Re: [PATCH Version 2 0/3] GSSD: Use gss-ctx keys and gsskeyd to sync Kerberos credentials and kernel gss_contexts.

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On Nov 22, 2013, at 14:11, Simo Sorce <simo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 2013-11-21 at 08:37 -0500, Steve Dickson wrote:
>> 
>> On 20/11/13 15:49, Simo Sorce wrote:
>>>> I think Solution 3: [nfslog/nfslogout interfaces invoked from PAM or
>>>>> other login system facility] is a good way to go.  Note that a PAM
>>>>> based solution where in the PAM would get us most of the way towards
>>>>> providing users with a way to login and logout of NFS kerberized
>>>>> shares.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Comments on an NFS PAM that will destroy GSS context for a UID upon
>>>>> logout?
>>> I prefer 3 too, let it to the login system (whether PAM based or other)
>>> to determine when it is time to destroy credentials, that's the only
>>> component that have a chance of guessing right.

Really? How do you deal with backgrounded tasks?

>>> Of course you could also provide a user utility to force a purge.
>>> 
>> +1 for me on this options as well... 
>> 
>> But how is it known when somebody logs out? Is that PAM-able as well?
> 
> I would say "login process" more than pam, but the basic idea is the
> same, a user space program that knows when the user is logging out for
> good and is privileged enough to go an tell the kernel to nuke creds.

What’s such a process going to use as an indicator that the user is “logging out for good”?

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