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Date:      Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:41:22 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NFS authentication
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909140933460.333-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990913193434.10215A-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>

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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote:

> 
> I am wondering where the NFS authentication is done in FreeBSD. Is it done
> by the NFS daemon mountd (or other daemon) or within the kernel?  Can
> anyone give me a pointer?  Thanks a lot. 

Kerberos authentication is done by nfsd. The kernel returns ENEEDAUTH from
the nfssvc() call and nfsd does the authentication, passing the results
back via nfssvc(). I don't think this code is actually used by anyone so
there is a strong possibility that it doesn't work at all.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037




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