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author | Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> | 2023-04-15 10:09:26 -0400 |
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committer | Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> | 2023-04-15 13:53:54 -0400 |
commit | b5e4539f7304c9cb60e03f5288f52b58d4b68e8b (patch) | |
tree | b1a2d9673552fe995ff364eba6676e7494d22177 | |
parent | 21d35ad4f25e6dcdc919ceb01744b0a9d97b37ba (diff) | |
download | nfs-utils-b5e4539f7304c9cb60e03f5288f52b58d4b68e8b.tar.gz |
nfs(5): Document the new "xprtsec=" mount optionnfs-utils-2-6-3-rc8
More information about RPC-with-TLS and some brief set-up guidance
are to be provided in a separate man page in Section 7.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r-- | utils/mount/nfs.man | 34 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man index d9f34df..7a41042 100644 --- a/utils/mount/nfs.man +++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man @@ -574,7 +574,39 @@ The .B sloppy option is an alternative to specifying .BR mount.nfs " -s " option. - +.TP 1.5i +.BI xprtsec= policy +Specifies the use of transport layer security to protect NFS network +traffic on behalf of this mount point. +.I policy +can be one of +.BR none , +.BR tls , +or +.BR mtls . +.IP +If +.B none +is specified, +transport layer security is forced off, even if the NFS server supports +transport layer security. +If +.B tls +is specified, the client uses RPC-with-TLS to provide in-transit +confidentiality. +If +.B mtls +is specified, the client uses RPC-with-TLS to authenticate itself and +to provide in-transit confidentiality. +If the server does not support RPC-with-TLS or peer authentication +fails, the mount attempt fails. +.IP +If the +.B xprtsec= +option is not specified, +the default behavior depends on the kernel, +but is usually equivalent to +.BR "xprtsec=none" . .SS "Options for NFS versions 2 and 3 only" Use these options, along with the options in the above subsection, for NFS versions 2 and 3 only. |