Right. the documentation is often not clear. Most Linux client software will try several
principals. One of them is host/hostname. So you don’t need nfs/hostname. Since
nfs/hostname is one of the principals it tries, some documentation says to use that
principal.
On Jun 19, 2018, at 3:24 AM, Tony Brian Albers via FreeIPA-users
<freeipa-users(a)lists.fedorahosted.org> wrote:
In case you haven't found out yet, only the nfs servers need service
principals.
/tony
On 09/06/18 01:29, Zane Zak via FreeIPA-users wrote:
> I know that this is not the ideal list for NFS questions, but I'm not
> sure of a better one.
>
> I'm exploring NFSv4 with kerberos security, all tied into FreeIPA.
>
> My question is whether or not the NFSv4 clients need nfs service
> principals. Obviously the NFSv4 server needs both, but the client side
> is where I'm confused.
>
> Some documentations say the client needs both a host and nfs service
> principal:
>
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/...
>
> Other documentations say the client needs just a host principal:
>
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/...
>
> Any clarification would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ZZ
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