[linux-cifs-client] Question on current state of sec=krb5* integration in cifs.ko

[Robert Euhus]

Hi,

Holger Rauch wrote:
> Hi to everybody,
> 
> I came accross this link
> 
> http://fixunix.com/samba/140566-samba-mount-cifs-sec-krb5.html
> 
> while trying to use sec=krb5 or sec=krb5i in conjunction with
> mount.cifs. On a Debian Lenny system (includes version 1.53 of
> cifs.ko), this doesn't seem to work. This thread is quite old
> (10/2007) and I'm wondering whether what's been said in there is still
> valid.
> 
> "smbclient -L ... -k" or "smbclient ... -k" calls work without any
> problems (provided that I run "kinit" in advance). In the interactive
> smb shell, I can use e.g. mkdir and rmdir without any problem. So, my
> Kerberos setup is working.
> 
> Installed kernel image on Debian Lenny is ("uname -r" output):
> 
> 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem
> 
> What's the current status regarding sec=krb5 and sec=krb5i mount
> options?
> 
It works here on Lenny, although you might have to install the keyutils
Package and add the following lines to /etc/request-key.conf :

create cifs.spnego * * /usr/sbin/cifs.upcall %k %d
create dns_resolver * * /usr/sbin/cifs.upcall %k

You might also want to have a look at a small (and not quite finished
yet) German HOWTO I wrote:

http://www.rrzn.uni-hannover.de/anl-linclient-ads.html

> Thanks in advance for any info!
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
>      Holger
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Yours,
Robert