.B -k keytab
Tells
.B rpc.gssd
-to use the keys for principals nfs/hostname in
+to use the keys found in
.I keytab
-to obtain machine credentials.
+to obtain "machine credentials".
The default value is "/etc/krb5.keytab".
+.IP
+Previous versions of
+.B rpc.gssd
+used only "nfs/*" keys found within the keytab.
+To be more consistent with other implementations, we now look for
+specific keytab entries. The search order for keytabs to be used
+for "machine credentials" is now:
+.br
+ root/<hostname>@<REALM>
+.br
+ nfs/<hostname>@<REALM>
+.br
+ host/<hostname>@<REALM>
+.br
+ root/<anyname>@<REALM>
+.br
+ nfs/<anyname>@<REALM>
+.br
+ host/<anyname>@<REALM>
.TP
.B -p path
Tells