Re: [nfs-utils PATCH v2] gssd.man: add documentation for use-gss-proxy nfs.conf option

[Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>]

On 3/17/25 9:22 AM, Scott Mayhew wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Scott Mayhew <smayhew@redhat.com>
Committed... (tag: nfs-utils-2-8-3-rc8)

steved.
> ---
> 
> v2 - slight phrasing change.
> 
>   utils/gssd/gssd.man | 14 +++++++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/utils/gssd/gssd.man b/utils/gssd/gssd.man
> index c735eff6..4a75b056 100644
> --- a/utils/gssd/gssd.man
> +++ b/utils/gssd/gssd.man
> @@ -392,6 +392,17 @@ Setting to
>   is equivalent to providing the
>   .B -H
>   flag.
> +.TP
> +.B use-gss-proxy
> +Setting this to 1 allows
> +.BR gssproxy (8)
> +to intercept GSSAPI calls and service them on behalf of
> +.BR rpc.gssd ,
> +enabling certain features such as keytab-based client initiation.
> +Note that this is unrelated to the functionality that
> +.BR gssproxy (8)
> +provides on behalf of the NFS server.  For more information, see
> +.BR https://github.com/gssapi/gssproxy/blob/main/docs/NFS.md#nfs-client .
>   .P
>   In addtion, the following value is recognized from the
>   .B [general]
> @@ -405,7 +416,8 @@ Equivalent to
>   .BR rpc.svcgssd (8),
>   .BR kerberos (1),
>   .BR kinit (1),
> -.BR krb5.conf (5)
> +.BR krb5.conf (5),
> +.BR gssproxy (8)
>   .SH AUTHORS
>   .br
>   Dug Song <dugsong@umich.edu>