Re: Possible bug in NFSv4 with krb5p security?

On 16 February 2013 13:57, Elias Mårtenson <lokedhs_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On 16 February 2013 18:58, Doug Rabson <dfr_at_rabson.org> wrote:
>
>> This may be a stupid question but does the user 'elias' exist in the
>> local password database?
>>
>> If you are using heimdal from the base distribution and you have source,
>> you should be able to build them with debug information which may help.
>> When I was writing gssd, I mostly ran it under gdb to debug problems like
>> this. To build something in the base with debug information, go to the
>> directory in the source tree for that component and type something like
>> 'make DEBUG_FLAGS=-g clean all install'.
>>
>
> No worries. I do have that user (and everything else, specifically single
> sign-on ssh) works with it. I do agree that if I had not that user, the
> behaviour I see would be neatly explained.
>
> When it comes to gssd, I've got its behaviour pretty well nailed down. It
> does what it's supposed to do.
>
> However, when I tried rebuilding libgssapi.so.10, I ended up with gssd
> hanging when it used the new library. I have no idea why.
>
> Would it be wise to upgrade from 9.1-RELEASE to something newer? I've seen
> references to 10-CURRENT. I'd like to be debugging the latest version of
> everything, but this machine also needs to serve as a fileserver for my
> home office, so some degree of stability is needed.
>
>
I don't think much (if anything) has changed with gssd between 9.1 and
current. When your gssd hangs, you can try to get a stack trace using gdb's
attach command.



> Regards,
> Elias
>