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28.Dd June 9, 1993
29.Dt NFSSVC 2
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm nfssvc
33.Nd NFS services
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libc
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/param.h
38.In sys/mount.h
39.In sys/time.h
40.In nfs/rpcv2.h
41.In nfsserver/nfs.h
42.In unistd.h
43.Ft int
44.Fn nfssvc "int flags" "void *argstructp"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Fn nfssvc
48system call is used by the NFS daemons to pass information into and out
49of the kernel and also to enter the kernel as a server daemon.
50The
51.Fa flags
52argument consists of several bits that show what action is to be taken
53once in the kernel and the
54.Fa argstructp
55points to one of three structures depending on which bits are set in
56flags.
57.Pp
58On the client side,
59.Xr nfsiod 8
60calls
61.Fn nfssvc
62with the
63.Fa flags
64argument set to
65.Dv NFSSVC_BIOD
66and
67.Fa argstructp
68set to
69.Dv NULL
70to enter the kernel as a block I/O server daemon.
71For
72.Tn NQNFS ,
73.Xr mount_nfs 8
74calls
75.Fn nfssvc
76with the
77.Dv NFSSVC_MNTD
78flag, optionally or'd with the flags
79.Dv NFSSVC_GOTAUTH
80and
81.Dv NFSSVC_AUTHINFAIL
82along with a pointer to a
83.Bd -literal
84struct nfsd_cargs {
85	char		*ncd_dirp;	/* Mount dir path */
86	uid_t		ncd_authuid;	/* Effective uid */
87	int		ncd_authtype;	/* Type of authenticator */
88	int		ncd_authlen;	/* Length of authenticator string */
89	u_char		*ncd_authstr;	/* Authenticator string */
90	int		ncd_verflen;	/* and the verifier */
91	u_char		*ncd_verfstr;
92	NFSKERBKEY_T	ncd_key;	/* Session key */
93};
94.Ed
95.Pp
96structure.
97The initial call has only the
98.Dv NFSSVC_MNTD
99flag set to specify service for the mount point.
100If the mount point is using Kerberos, then the
101.Xr mount_nfs 8
102utility will return from
103.Fn nfssvc
104with
105.Va errno
106==
107.Er ENEEDAUTH
108whenever the client side requires an ``rcmd''
109authentication ticket for the user.
110The
111.Xr mount_nfs 8
112utility will attempt to get the Kerberos ticket, and if successful will call
113.Fn nfssvc
114with the flags
115.Dv NFSSVC_MNTD
116and
117.Dv NFSSVC_GOTAUTH
118after filling the ticket into the
119ncd_authstr field
120and
121setting the ncd_authlen and ncd_authtype
122fields of the nfsd_cargs structure.
123If
124.Xr mount_nfs 8
125failed to get the ticket,
126.Fn nfssvc
127will be called with the flags
128.Dv NFSSVC_MNTD ,
129.Dv NFSSVC_GOTAUTH
130and
131.Dv NFSSVC_AUTHINFAIL
132to denote a failed authentication attempt.
133.Pp
134On the server side,
135.Fn nfssvc
136is called with the flag
137.Dv NFSSVC_NFSD
138and a pointer to a
139.Bd -literal
140struct nfsd_srvargs {
141	struct nfsd	*nsd_nfsd;	/* Pointer to in kernel nfsd struct */
142	uid_t		nsd_uid;	/* Effective uid mapped to cred */
143	uint32_t	nsd_haddr;	/* Ip address of client */
144	struct ucred	nsd_cr;		/* Cred. uid maps to */
145	int		nsd_authlen;	/* Length of auth string (ret) */
146	u_char		*nsd_authstr;	/* Auth string (ret) */
147	int		nsd_verflen;	/* and the verifier */
148	u_char		*nsd_verfstr;
149	struct timeval	nsd_timestamp;	/* timestamp from verifier */
150	uint32_t	nsd_ttl;	/* credential ttl (sec) */
151	NFSKERBKEY_T	nsd_key;	/* Session key */
152};
153.Ed
154.Pp
155to enter the kernel as an
156.Xr nfsd 8
157daemon.
158Whenever an
159.Xr nfsd 8
160daemon receives a Kerberos authentication ticket, it will return from
161.Fn nfssvc
162with
163.Va errno
164==
165.Er ENEEDAUTH .
166The
167.Xr nfsd 8
168utility will attempt to authenticate the ticket and generate a set of credentials
169on the server for the ``user id'' specified in the field nsd_uid.
170This is done by first authenticating the Kerberos ticket and then mapping
171the Kerberos principal to a local name and getting a set of credentials for
172that user via
173.Xr getpwnam 3
174and
175.Xr getgrouplist 3 .
176If successful, the
177.Xr nfsd 8
178utility will call
179.Fn nfssvc
180with the
181.Dv NFSSVC_NFSD
182and
183.Dv NFSSVC_AUTHIN
184flags set to pass the credential mapping in nsd_cr into the
185kernel to be cached on the server socket for that client.
186If the authentication failed,
187.Xr nfsd 8
188calls
189.Fn nfssvc
190with the flags
191.Dv NFSSVC_NFSD
192and
193.Dv NFSSVC_AUTHINFAIL
194to denote an authentication failure.
195.Pp
196The master
197.Xr nfsd 8
198server daemon calls
199.Fn nfssvc
200with the flag
201.Dv NFSSVC_ADDSOCK
202and a pointer to a
203.Bd -literal
204struct nfsd_args {
205	int	sock;	/* Socket to serve */
206	caddr_t	name;	/* Client address for connection based sockets */
207	int	namelen;/* Length of name */
208};
209.Ed
210.Pp
211to pass a server side
212.Tn NFS
213socket into the kernel for servicing by the
214.Xr nfsd 8
215daemons.
216.Sh RETURN VALUES
217Normally
218.Fn nfssvc
219does not return unless the server
220is terminated by a signal when a value of 0 is returned.
221Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable
222.Va errno
223is set to specify the error.
224.Sh ERRORS
225.Bl -tag -width Er
226.It Bq Er ENEEDAUTH
227This special error value
228is really used for authentication support, particularly Kerberos,
229as explained above.
230.It Bq Er EPERM
231The caller is not the super-user.
232.El
233.Sh SEE ALSO
234.Xr mount_nfs 8 ,
235.Xr nfsd 8 ,
236.Xr nfsiod 8
237.Sh HISTORY
238The
239.Fn nfssvc
240system call first appeared in
241.Bx 4.4 .
242.Sh BUGS
243The
244.Fn nfssvc
245system call is designed specifically for the
246.Tn NFS
247support daemons and as such is specific to their requirements.
248It should really return values to indicate the need for authentication
249support, since
250.Er ENEEDAUTH
251is not really an error.
252Several fields of the argument structures are assumed to be valid and
253sometimes to be unchanged from a previous call, such that
254.Fn nfssvc
255must be used with extreme care.
256