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 250d26fe3e36af41b649ef77c620289d02858b8e..f2ecd69995f589832198066f78b90136bceba951 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/gssd/gssd.man
+++ b/utils/gssd/gssd.man
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 .\" rpc.gssd(8)
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2003 J. Bruce Fields <bfields@umich.edu>
-.TH rpc.gssd 8 "17 Mar 2003"
+.TH rpc.gssd 8 "14 Mar 2007"
 .SH NAME
 rpc.gssd \- rpcsec_gss daemon
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B "rpc.gssd [-f] [-k keytab] [-p pipefsdir] [-v] [-r] [-d ccachedir]"
+.B "rpc.gssd [-f] [-n] [-k keytab] [-p pipefsdir] [-v] [-r] [-d ccachedir]"
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The rpcsec_gss protocol gives a means of using the gss-api generic security
 api to provide security for protocols using rpc (in particular, nfs).  Before
@@ -25,22 +25,34 @@ Runs
 .B rpc.gssd
 in the foreground and sends output to stderr (as opposed to syslogd)
 .TP
+.B -n
+By default,
+.B rpc.gssd
+treats accesses by the user with UID 0 specially, and uses
+"machine credentials" for all accesses by that user which
+require Kerberos authentication.
+With the \-n option, "machine credentials" will not be used
+for accesses by UID 0.  Instead, credentials must be obtained
+manually like all other users.  Use of this option means that
+"root" must manually obtain Kerberos credentials before
+attemtpting to mount an nfs filesystem requiring Kerberos
+authentication.
+.TP
 .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".
-.\".TP
-.\".B -m
-.\"Ordinarily,
-.\".B rpc.gssd
-.\"looks for a cached ticket for user $UID in /tmp/krb5cc_$UID.
-.\"With the -m option, the user with uid 0 will be treated specially, and will
-.\"be mapped instead to the credentials for the principal nfs/hostname found in
-.\"the keytab file.
-.\"(This option is now the default and is ignored if specified.)
+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