Unable to determine Kerberos encryption types supported by the kernel

[J. Bruce Fields]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 11:57:21AM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> I've been noticing a lot of kerberos-related failures in the past
> month's test runs.  (Specifically, the tests aren't producing any
> results when run under KRB; they just report initialization failures.)
> 
> In the logs I spotted this:
> 
> Apr  5 01:22:56 nfs06 rpc.gssd[2917]: We will use this entry
> (nfs/nfs06.nfsv4.pdx.osdl.net at NFSV4)
> Apr  5 01:22:56 nfs06 rpc.gssd[2917]: Using (machine) credentials
> cache: 'FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_machine_NFSV4'
> Apr  5 01:22:56 nfs06 rpc.gssd[2917]: WARNING:
> gssd_obtain_kernel_krb5_info: Unable to open
> '/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/krb5_info'. Unable to determine Kerberos
> encryption types supported by the kernel; using defaults (1,3,2).
> Apr  5 01:22:56 nfs06 rpc.svcgssd[2919]: entering poll
> 
> Have the encryption types changed for kernel configuration within the
> last month?  There haven't been any configuration changes to kerberos
> during this timeframe.

That warning is normal, and can be ignored.  What are the initialization
failures reported?

--b.