[LU-2392] Kerberos support (GSS keyring) is broken due to major structural changes between 2.6.x and 2.6.32

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Minor
• Fix Version/s: Lustre 2.4.0
• Affects Version/s: Lustre 2.3.0, Lustre 2.4.0
• Labels: kerberos patch
• Environment: Linux distributions running Kernel >= 2.6.32
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: Keith Mannthey (Inactive)
• Reporter: Thomas Stibor

Description

Kerberos support for lustre employs the GSS framework and the keyring mechanism (gss_keyring.c) to maintain and cache cryptographic keys in the Kernel. Due to major structural changes between 2.6.x and 2.6.32 the support is broken.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: LU-867 Fails to build with gss (lustre 2.1)