[PATCH 11/28] Add new pipefs file indicating which Kerberos enctypes the kernel supports

J. Bruce Fields bfields at fieldses.org
Mon Mar 31 17:42:10 EDT 2008


On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:31:49AM -0400, Kevin Coffman wrote:
> New file, krb5_info, indicates which Kerberos encryption types are
> supported by the kernel rpcsecgss code.  This is used by gssd to
> determine which encryption types it should attempt to negotiate
> when creating a context with a server.
> 
> The server principal's database and keytab encryption types are
> what limits what it should negotiate.  Therefore, its keytab
> should be created with only the enctypes listed by this file.

OK, the layering violations in the current implementation aside, Trond,
do we want this sort of information in a krb5_info file in rpc_pipefs,
or is this another thing that should go into the upcall?

--b.

> 
> From: J. Bruce Fields <bfields at citi.umich.edu>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Coffman <kwc at citi.umich.edu>
> ---
> 
>  net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c |   31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
> index 1b395a4..a006f9f 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
> @@ -385,6 +385,31 @@ static const struct file_operations rpc_info_operations = {
>  	.release	= rpc_info_release,
>  };
>  
> +/*
> + * This really belongs in the gss_krb5 code,
> + * but the info file logically belongs here
> + */
> +static int
> +rpc_show_krb5_info(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> +{
> +	seq_printf(m, "enctypes: 3,1,2\n");
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +rpc_krb5_info_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> +{
> +	return single_open(file, rpc_show_krb5_info, NULL);
> +}
> +
> +static struct file_operations krb5_info_operations = {
> +	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
> +	.open		= rpc_krb5_info_open,
> +	.read		= seq_read,
> +	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
> +	.release	= single_release,
> +};
> +
>  
>  /*
>   * We have a single directory with 1 node in it.
> @@ -396,6 +421,7 @@ enum {
>  	RPCAUTH_nfs,
>  	RPCAUTH_portmap,
>  	RPCAUTH_statd,
> +	RPCAUTH_krb5_info,
>  	RPCAUTH_RootEOF
>  };
>  
> @@ -429,6 +455,11 @@ static struct rpc_filelist files[] = {
>  		.name = "statd",
>  		.mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
>  	},
> +	[RPCAUTH_krb5_info] = {
> +		.name = "krb5_info",
> +		.i_fop = &krb5_info_operations,
> +		.mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUSR,
> +	},
>  };
>  
>  enum {
> 


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