[Samba] mount.cifs and sec=krb5

[simo]

On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 15:17 -0500, Ben Vaughan wrote:
> Hello fellow Samba folks,
> 
> I am attempting to mount a cifs share on a RHEL 5 box using  
> mount.cifs.  The server is another RHEL 5 box.  Both boxes are joined  
> to the same Kerberos realm (AD).
> 
> I kinit to get my Kerberos tickets.
> 
> This is the mount command I'm using:
> 
> mount.cifs  //rhel5.server.iastate.edu/benvon ./mnt -o  
> user=benvon,sec=krb5

[..]

> Does anyone have any advice?  I can produce as much logging as may be  
> needed.

Ben, the kernel module do not yet support kerberos, that's the problem.

> If this isn't the proper place to be asking questions about  
> mount.cifs, please redirect me.

mount.cifs is fine, it is the kernel module that is still not complete
(wrt kerberos), you may ask info on the cifs module to
linux-cifs-client at lists.samba.org

Simo.

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Simo Sorce
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