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    NFS: Use the authentication flavor list returned by mountd · ec88f28d
    Chuck Lever authored
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     added support in the kernel's NFS mount client to
    decode the authentication flavor list returned by mountd.
    
    The NFS client can now use this list to determine whether the
    authentication flavor requested by the user is actually supported
    by the server.
    
    Note we don't actually negotiate the security flavor if none was
    specified by the user.  Instead, we try to use AUTH_SYS, and fail if
    the server does not support it.  This prevents us from negotiating
    an inappropriate security flavor (some servers list AUTH_NULL first).
    
    If the server does not support AUTH_SYS, the user must provide an
    appropriate security flavor by specifying the "sec=" mount option.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarChuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
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