krb5 commit [krb5-1.17]: Fix missing field in /etc/gss/mech documentation
Greg Hudson
ghudson at mit.edu
Mon Dec 9 18:24:19 EST 2019
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/4ec5724fc6988e2cbcecda72c9ef5785c4197ac3
commit 4ec5724fc6988e2cbcecda72c9ef5785c4197ac3
Author: Greg Hudson <ghudson at mit.edu>
Date: Sun Oct 6 18:26:03 2019 -0400
Fix missing field in /etc/gss/mech documentation
/etc/gss/mech lines begin with a name field, but this field was not
included in the format documentation.
(cherry picked from commit 208e85530f8a0d0490e50d89aed4f6f11acfd86a)
ticket: 8839
version_fixed: 1.17.1
doc/admin/host_config.rst | 20 +++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/admin/host_config.rst b/doc/admin/host_config.rst
index 6df2504..d947662 100644
--- a/doc/admin/host_config.rst
+++ b/doc/admin/host_config.rst
@@ -204,15 +204,17 @@ directory. Only files with a ``.conf`` suffix will be read from the
``/etc/gss/mech.d/`` directory. Each line in these files has the
form::
- oid pathname [options] <type>
-
-Only the oid and pathname are required. *oid* is the object
-identifier of the GSSAPI mechanism to be registered. *pathname* is a
-path to the module shared object or DLL. *options* (if present) are
-options provided to the plugin module, surrounded in square brackets.
-*type* (if present) can be used to indicate a special type of module.
-Currently the only special module type is "interposer", for a module
-designed to intercept calls to other mechanisms.
+ name oid pathname [options] <type>
+
+Only the name, oid, and pathname are required. *name* is the
+mechanism name, which may be used for debugging or logging purposes.
+*oid* is the object identifier of the GSSAPI mechanism to be
+registered. *pathname* is a path to the module shared object or DLL.
+*options* (if present) are options provided to the plugin module,
+surrounded in square brackets. *type* (if present) can be used to
+indicate a special type of module. Currently the only special module
+type is "interposer", for a module designed to intercept calls to
+other mechanisms.
.. _profile_plugin_config:
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