Kerberos
NFS authentication: Microsoft guide
- Krb5: Uses the Kerberos version 5 protocol to authenticate users before granting them access to the file share.
- Krb5i: Uses the Kerberos version 5 protocol to authenticate with integrity checking (checksums), which verifies that the data hasn’t been altered.
- Krb5p: Uses the Kerberos version 5 protocol, which authenticates NFS traffic with encryption for privacy. This option is the most secure Kerberos option.
Config🔗
Different flavours1
- Krb5: Uses the Kerberos version 5 protocol to authenticate users before granting them access to the file share.
- Krb5i: Uses the Kerberos version 5 protocol to authenticate with integrity checking (checksums), which verifies that the data hasn’t been altered.
- Krb5p: Uses the Kerberos version 5 protocol, which authenticates NFS traffic with encryption for privacy. This option is the most secure Kerberos option.
Network Filesystems🔗
Common Internet File System (CIFS)🔗
Auto-mount: cifs.com
man page mount.cifs: use option cruid to specify which user’s credentials to use for NFS (CIFS) authentication, e.g. sec=krb5,cruid=${UID}