Re: [PATCH] Add "-e" option to rpc.gssd to allow error on ticketexpiry. Try 2 with added man pages.

[Trond Myklebust]

On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 15:34 +0100, John Hughes wrote: 
> Description: Add "-e" (ticket expiry is error) option to rpc.gssd
>   In kernels starting around 2.6.34 the nfs4 server will block all I/O
>   when a user ticket expires.  In earlier kernels the I/O would fail
>   with an EACCESS error.  This patch adds a "-e" option to rpc.gssd
>   which allow the earlier behaviour (EKEYEXPIRED is converted to
>   EACCESS).  This behaviour is particularly useful when user home
>   directories are nfs4 mounted with krb5 security - if the user is
>   absent from their workstation for long enough for the ticket to
>   expire a new ticket will be obtained (via pam_krb5) by the screen
>   unlock process.

You need a big fat warning somewhere that enabling this option WILL
cause data corruption...

Trond
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Trond Myklebust
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