rpc.gssd

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rpc.gssd(8)							  rpc.gssd(8)



NAME
       rpc.gssd - rpcsec_gss daemon

SYNOPSIS
       rpc.gssd [-f] [-k keytab] [-p pipefsdir] [-v]

DESCRIPTION
       The  rpcsec_gss	protocol  gives	 a means of using the gss-api generic
       security api to provide security for protocols using rpc (in  particu-
       lar,  nfs).   Before exchanging any rpc requests using rpcsec_gss, the
       rpc client must first establish a security context.   The  linux	 ker-
       nel’s  implementation  of  rpcsec_gss  depends on the userspace daemon
       rpc.gssd to establish security contexts.	  The  rpc.gssd	 daemon	 uses
       files in the rpc_pipefs filesystem to communicate with the kernel.


OPTIONS
       -f     Runs  rpc.gssd in the foreground and sends output to stderr (as
	      opposed to syslogd)

       -k keytab
	      Tells rpc.gssd to use the keys for principals  nfs/hostname  in
	      keytab  to  obtain  machine  credentials.	 The default value is
	      "/etc/krb5.keytab".

       -p path
	      Tells rpc.gssd where to look  for	 the  rpc_pipefs  filesystem.
	      The default value is "/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs".

       -v     Increases	 the verbosity of the output (can be specified multi-
	      ple times).

SEE ALSO
       rpc.svcgssd(8)

AUTHORS
       Dug Song <dugsong@umich.edu>
       Andy Adamson <andros@umich.edu>
       Marius Aamodt Eriksen <marius@umich.edu>
       J. Bruce Fields <bfields@umich.edu>



				 17 Mar 2003			  rpc.gssd(8)