When older servers return RPC_AUTH_NULL, it means the rpc creds will be ignored. In that case use the sec= that was specified instead of setting sec=null Fixes Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112983 Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/super.c | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c index f126828..d410b90 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/super.c +++ b/fs/nfs/super.c @@ -1680,6 +1680,7 @@ static int nfs_verify_authflavors(struct nfs_parsed_mount_data *args, { rpc_authflavor_t flavor = RPC_AUTH_MAXFLAVOR; unsigned int i; + int use_auth_null = false; /* * If the sec= mount option is used, the specified flavor or AUTH_NULL @@ -1687,14 +1688,21 @@ static int nfs_verify_authflavors(struct nfs_parsed_mount_data *args, * * AUTH_NULL has a special meaning when it's in the server list - it * means that the server will ignore the rpc creds, so any flavor - * can be used. + * can be used but still use the sec= that was specified. */ for (i = 0; i < count; i++) { flavor = server_authlist[i]; - if (nfs_auth_info_match(&args->auth_info, flavor) || - flavor == RPC_AUTH_NULL) + if (nfs_auth_info_match(&args->auth_info, flavor)) goto out; + + if (flavor == RPC_AUTH_NULL) + use_auth_null = true; + } + + if (use_auth_null) { + flavor = RPC_AUTH_NULL; + goto out; } dfprintk(MOUNT, -- 2.5.0 -- 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