X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fgssd%2Fgssd.man;h=d8138faf0e3f8ac4ce1f15c37c886bf2238bb060;hp=073379d37597103e7d416307e90061d5a043c5c8;hb=16f151834e63d8df9f852b7e265f17c689553c35;hpb=880e2efecb4469573a5c2e89aee4963f29288f88 diff --git a/utils/gssd/gssd.man b/utils/gssd/gssd.man index 073379d..d8138fa 100644 --- a/utils/gssd/gssd.man +++ b/utils/gssd/gssd.man @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ .SH NAME rpc.gssd \- rpcsec_gss daemon .SH SYNOPSIS -.B "rpc.gssd [-f] [-n] [-k keytab] [-p pipefsdir] [-v] [-r] [-d ccachedir]" +.B "rpc.gssd [-f] [-n] [-k keytab] [-l] [-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 @@ -70,6 +70,30 @@ for "machine credentials" is now: If this search order does not use the correct key then provide a keytab file that contains only correct keys. .TP +.B -l +Tells +.B rpc.gssd +to limit session keys to Single DES even if the kernel supports stronger +encryption types. Service ticket encryption is still governed by what +the KDC believes the target server supports. This way the client can +access a server that has strong keys in its keytab for ticket decryption +but whose kernel only supports Single DES. +.IP +The alternative is to put only Single DES keys in the server's keytab +and limit encryption types for its principal to Single DES on the KDC +which will cause service tickets for this server to be encrypted using +only Single DES and (as a side-effect) contain only Single DES session +keys. +.IP +This legacy behaviour is only required for older servers +(pre nfs-utils-1.2.4). If the server has a recent kernel, Kerberos +implementation and nfs-utils it will work just fine with stronger +encryption. +.IP +.B Note: +This option is only available with Kerberos libraries that +support setable encryption types. +.TP .B -p path Tells .B rpc.gssd