[debian-lan-devel] nfs4's Kerberos ticket expiration hangs user processes

[Andreas B. Mundt]

Hi Julien,

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 02:30:44PM +0200, Julien Lambot wrote:
>
> I faced multiple issues concerning the above subject.
>
> It's related to http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2011/11/msg00509.html
> As this is a rather old issue, is there another way to circumvent it?
>
> The current nfs-common implementation of gssd doesn't support the "-e"
> option and therefore when ticket expires (mostly when workstation is left
> idle for a long time and screensaver is activated) the user can't logon
> anymore.
>
> If there isn't any other way, I'll try the patch.

To work around the expiring ticket (10h lifetime by default) you could
increase that time.  Of course this does not help when people stay
logged in for days or even weeks.

Best regards,

     Andi