clustered NFS - kerberos - mount failure

[Chinmay P Soman]

Hi,

I am trying to configure a NFS server with kerberos support. The catch is, 
the NFS server is part of a cluster.  Therefore, all the client mounts are 
done using the 
cluster name and not the server name.

For eg:    Let  cluster name =  Mycluster.domain.com     ,  server = 
server1.domain.com

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In this case, when my NFS client mounts as :
mount -o vers=3,sec=krb5 server1.domain.com:/tmp_share /mnt     =>  This 
passes

However,
mount -o vers=3,sec=krb5 Mycluster.domain.com:/tmp_share /mnt     =>  This 
fails.


I am guessing the gssd daemon on the server side is creating a context for 
its localhost, which is => server1.domain.com

However, the request is meant for Mycluster.domain.com.  Hence, it fails 
due to the mismatch.


Please clarify if my reasoning is correct. If yes, also please let me know 
a possible solution




Thanks and regards

Chinmay P Soman
ctdb/panache research activities, SoNAS
IBM India Systems & Technology Lab
Ozone-2, Saswad Road, Pune.
Tel : 91-020-26901666