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4.\" Date: 12/10/2008
5.\" Manual: System Administration tools
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8.TH "CIFS\.UPCALL" "8" "12/10/2008" "Samba 3\.2" "System Administration tools"
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13.SH "NAME"
14cifs.upcall - Userspace upcall helper for Common Internet File System (CIFS)
15.SH "SYNOPSIS"
16.HP 1
17cifs\.upcall [\-c] [\-v] {keyid}
18.SH "DESCRIPTION"
19.PP
20This tool is part of the
21\fBsamba\fR(7)
22suite\.
23.PP
24cifs\.upcall is a userspace helper program for the linux CIFS client filesystem\. There are a number of activities that the kernel cannot easily do itself\. This program is a callout program that does these things for the kernel and then returns the result\.
25.PP
26cifs\.upcall is generally intended to be run when the kernel calls request\-key(8)
27for a particular key type\. While it can be run directly from the command\-line, it\'s not generally intended to be run that way\.
28.SH "OPTIONS"
29.PP
30\-c
31.RS 4
32When handling a kerberos upcall, use a service principal that starts with "cifs/"\. The default is to use the "host/" service principal\.
33.RE
34.PP
35\-v
36.RS 4
37Print version number and exit\.
38.RE
39.SH "CONFIGURATION FOR KEYCTL"
40.PP
41cifs\.upcall is designed to be called from the kernel via the request\-key callout program\. This requires that request\-key be told where and how to call this program\. The current cifs\.upcall program handles two different key types:
42.PP
43cifs\.spnego
44.RS 4
45This keytype is for retrieving kerberos session keys
46.RE
47.PP
48dns_resolver
49.RS 4
50This key type is for resolving hostnames into IP addresses
51.RE
52.PP
53To make this program useful for CIFS, you\'ll need to set up entries for them in request\-key\.conf(5)\. Here\'s an example of an entry for each key type:
54.sp
55.RS 4
56.nf
57#OPERATION TYPE D C PROGRAM ARG1 ARG2\.\.\.
58#========= ============= = = ==========================================
59create cifs\.spnego * * /usr/local/sbin/cifs\.upcall \-c %k
60create dns_resolver * * /usr/local/sbin/cifs\.upcall %k
61.fi
62.RE
63.PP
64See
65\fBrequest-key.conf5\fR()
66for more info on each field\.
67.SH "SEE ALSO"
68.PP
69
70\fBrequest-key.conf\fR(5),
71\fBmount.cifs\fR(8)
72.SH "AUTHOR"
73.PP
74Igor Mammedov wrote the cifs\.upcall program\.
75.PP
76Jeff Layton authored this manpage\.
77.PP
78The maintainer of the Linux CIFS VFS is Steve French\.
79.PP
80The
81Linux CIFS Mailing list
82is the preferred place to ask questions regarding these programs\.
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