Re: [PATCH] pam_cifscreds, tmux and session keyrings

["Nick Guenther" <nick.guenther@polymtl.ca>]

August 3, 2022 4:29 PM, "Nick Guenther" <nick.guenther@polymtl.ca> wrote:

> August 1, 2022 12:10 AM, "Steve French" <smfrench@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 9:50 PM Nick Guenther <nick.guenther@polymtl.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Would there be interest in switching to KEY_SPEC_USER_KEYRING? Would it be a good idea? Can I
>>> assume the kernel CIFS code would need a matching change?
>>
>> Adding Shyam to this discussion - interesting questions worth investigating.
>> 
>
> I've written a patch that switches cifs-utils to KEY_SPEC_USER_KEYRING. It seems to behave --
> `keylist list @u` shows the cifs key instead of `keyctl list @s` -- but it doesn't solve my problem
> without being combined with the 'revoke' workaround, because the kernel is still using
> KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING.

Hey all,

I'm going to unsubscribe from linux-cifs. It's mostly over my head and not really my interests. But if you find some time to review this patch and find interest in it, please make sure to CC me to keep me in the loop!

Thanks for your consideration!

-Nick