Allow any credential to be used for machine credentials

[nfs-utils.git] / utils / gssd / gssd.man

diff --git a/utils/gssd/gssd.man b/utils/gssd/gssd.man
index 1a30d692e668b811d53cd186560a1a8382a3fcbc..f2ecd69995f589832198066f78b90136bceba951 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/gssd/gssd.man
+++ b/utils/gssd/gssd.man
@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@ authentication.
 .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".
+Previous versions of
+.B rpc.gssd
+used only "nfs/*" keys found within the keytab.
+Now, the first keytab entry for each distinct Kerberos realm
+within the keytab is used.  This means that an NFS client
+no longer needs an "nfs/hostname" principal and keytab entry,
+but can instead use a "host/hostname" (or any other) keytab
+entry that is available.
 .TP
 .B -p path
 Tells