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.Dd January 26, 2010

.Dt RPC_GSS_SECCREATE 3

.Os

.Sh NAME

.Nm RPCSEC_GSS

.Nd "GSS-API based authentication for RPC"

.Sh SYNOPSIS

.In rpc/rpcsec_gss.h

.Sh DESCRIPTION

.Nm

is a security mechanism for the RPC protocol.

It uses the Generic Security Service API (GSS-API) to establish a

security context between a client and a server and to ensure that all

subsequent communication between client and server are properly

authenticated.

Optionally, extra protection can be applied to the connection.

The integrity service uses checksums to ensure that all data sent by

a peer is received without modification.

The privacy service uses encryption to ensure that no third party can

access the data for a connection.

.Pp

To use this system, an application must first use

.Fn rpc_gss_seccreate

to establish a security context.

.Sh DATA STRUCTURES

Data structures used by

.Nm

appear below.

.Bl -tag -width "MMMM"

.It Vt rpc_gss_service_t

This type defines the types of security service required for

.Fn rpc_gss_seccreate .

.Bd -literal

typedef enum {

	rpc_gss_svc_default	= 0,

	rpc_gss_svc_none	= 1,

	rpc_gss_svc_integrity	= 2,

	rpc_gss_svc_privacy	= 3

} rpc_gss_service_t;

.Ed

.It Vt rpc_gss_options_ret_t

This structure contains various optional values which are used while

creating a security context.

.Bd -literal

typedef struct {

	int		req_flags;	/* GSS request bits */

	int		time_req;	/* requested lifetime */

	gss_cred_id_t	my_cred;	/* GSS credential */

	gss_channel_bindings_t input_channel_bindings;

} rpc_gss_options_req_t;

.Ed

.It Vt rpc_gss_options_ret_t

Various details of the created security context are returned using

this structure.

.Bd -literal

typedef struct {

	int		major_status;

	int		minor_status;

	u_int		rpcsec_version;

	int		ret_flags;

	int		time_req;

	gss_ctx_id_t	gss_context;

	char		actual_mechanism[MAX_GSS_MECH];

} rpc_gss_options_ret_t;

.Ed

.It Vt rpc_gss_principal_t

This type is used to refer to an client principal which is represented

in GSS-API exported name form

(see

.Xr gss_export_name 3

for more details).

Names in this format may be stored in access control lists or compared

with other names in exported name form.

This structure is returned by

.Fn rpc_gss_get_principal_name

and is also referenced by the

.Vt rpc_gss_rawcred_t

structure.

.Bd -literal

typedef struct {

	int		len;

	char		name[1];

} *rpc_gss_principal_t;

.Ed

.It Vt rpc_gss_rawcred_t

This structure is used to access the raw credentials associated with a

security context.

.Bd -literal

typedef struct {

	u_int		version;	/* RPC version number */

	const char	*mechanism;	/* security mechanism */

	const char	*qop;		/* quality of protection */

	rpc_gss_principal_t client_principal; /* client name */

	const char	*svc_principal;	/* server name */

	rpc_gss_service_t service;	/* service type */

} rpc_gss_rawcred_t;

.Ed

.It Vt rpc_gss_ucred_t

Unix credentials which are derived form the raw credentials,

accessed via

.Fn rpc_gss_getcred .

.Bd -literal

typedef struct {

	uid_t		uid;		/* user ID */

	gid_t		gid;		/* group ID */

	short		gidlen;

	gid_t		*gidlist;	/* list of groups */

} rpc_gss_ucred_t;

.Ed

.It Vt rpc_gss_lock_t

Structure used to enforce a particular QOP and service.

.Bd -literal

typedef struct {

	bool_t		locked;

	rpc_gss_rawcred_t *raw_cred;

} rpc_gss_lock_t;

.Ed

.It Vt rpc_gss_callback_t

Callback structure used by

.Fn rpc_gss_set_callback .

.Bd -literal

typedef struct {

	u_int		program;	/* RPC program number */

	u_int		version;	/* RPC version number */

					/* user defined callback */

	bool_t		(*callback)(struct svc_req *req,

				    gss_cred_id_t deleg,

				    gss_ctx_id_t gss_context,

				    rpc_gss_lock_t *lock,

				    void **cookie);

} rpc_gss_callback_t;

.Ed

.It Vt rpc_gss_error_t

Structure used to return error information by

.Fn rpc_gss_get_error .

.Bd -literal

typedef struct {

	int		rpc_gss_error;

	int		system_error;	/* same as errno */

} rpc_gss_error_t;

/*

 * Values for rpc_gss_error

 */

#define RPC_GSS_ER_SUCCESS	0	/* no error */

#define RPC_GSS_ER_SYSTEMERROR	1	/* system error */

.Ed

.El

.Sh INDEX

.Bl -tag -width "MMMM"

.It Xr rpc_gss_seccreate 3

Create a new security context

.It Xr rpc_gss_set_defaults 3

Set service and quality of protection for a context

.It Xr rpc_gss_max_data_length 3

Calculate maximum client message sizes.

.It Xr rpc_gss_get_error 3

Get details of the last error

.It Xr rpc_gss_mech_to_oid 3

Convert a mechanism name to the corresponding GSS-API oid.

.It Xr rpc_gss_oid_to_mech 3

Convert a GSS-API oid to a mechanism name

.It Xr rpc_gss_qop_to_num 3

Convert a quality of protection name to the corresponding number

.It Xr rpc_gss_get_mechanisms 3

Get a list of security mechanisms.

.It Xr rpc_gss_get_mech_info 3

Return extra information about a security mechanism

.It Xr rpc_gss_get_versions 3

Return the maximum and minimum supported versions of the

.Nm

protocol

.It Xr rpc_gss_is_installed 3

Query for the presence of a particular security mechanism

.It Xr rpc_gss_set_svc_name 3

Set the name of a service principal which matches a given RPC program

plus version pair

.It Xr rpc_gss_getcred 3

Get credential details for the security context of an RPC request

.It Xr rpc_gss_set_callback 3

Install a callback routine which is called on the server when new

security contexts are created

.It Xr rpc_gss_get_principal_name 3

Create a client principal name from various strings

.It Xr rpc_gss_svc_max_data_length 3

Calculate maximum server message sizes.

.El

.Sh AVAILABILITY

These functions are part of libtirpc.

.Sh SEE ALSO

.Xr rpc 3 ,

.Xr gssapi 3

.Sh AUTHORS

This

manual page was written by

.An Doug Rabson Aq dfr@FreeBSD.org .