Re: [PATCH 0/5 v2] nfs-utils: provide audit-logging of NFSv4 access

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On Mon, Mar 01 2021, Yongcheng Yang wrote:

> Hi NeilBrown,
>
> Shall we further add these 2 options (cache-use-ipaddr & ttl) with
> their default values to the file /etc/nfs.conf under section [mountd]?
> By which the users can find it easier to configure them.
>
> Also someone may check the mountd "Recognized values" from
> nfs.conf(5), the file systemd/nfs.conf.man may also needs to be
> updated mentioning "cache-use-ipaddr" and "ttl" IMHO. 

Excellent suggestion, thanks.

I've made those changes and will resend the series.

Thanks,
NeilBrown

>
> Thanks,
> Yongcheng
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 01:17:15PM +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
>> V1 of this series didn't update the usage() message for mountd,
>> and omited the required ':' after the 'T' sort-option.  This 
>> series fixes those two omissions.
>> 
>> Original series comment:
>> 
>> When NFSv3 is used mountd provides logs of successful and failed mount
>> attempts which can be used for auditing.
>> When NFSv4 is used there are no such logs as NFSv4 does not have a
>> distinct "mount" request.
>> 
>> However mountd still knows about which filesysytems are being accessed
>> from which clients, and can actually provide more reliable logs than it
>> currently does, though they must be more verbose - with periodic "is
>> being accessed" message replacing a single "was mounted" message.
>> 
>> This series adds support for that logging, and adds some related
>> improvements to make the logs as useful as possible.
>> 
>> NeilBrown
>> 
>> ---
>> 
>> NeilBrown (5):
>>       mountd: reject unknown client IP when !use_ipaddr.
>>       mountd: Don't proactively add export info when fh info is requested.
>>       mountd: add logging for authentication results for accesses.
>>       mountd: add --cache-use-ipaddr option to force use_ipaddr
>>       mountd: make default ttl settable by option
>> 
>> 
>>  support/export/auth.c      |  4 +++
>>  support/export/cache.c     | 32 +++++++++++------
>>  support/export/v4root.c    |  3 +-
>>  support/include/exportfs.h |  3 +-
>>  support/nfs/exports.c      |  4 ++-
>>  utils/mountd/mountd.c      | 30 +++++++++++++++-
>>  utils/mountd/mountd.man    | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  7 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>> 
>> --
>> Signature
>> 

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