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/usr/bin/rpc.gssd

NFS client: mount helpers, statd, idmapd and gssd

From nfs-utils-client 2.9.2-r2 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running rpc.gssd --help (exit 1). permalink

/usr/bin/rpc.gssd: invalid option -- '-'
usage: /usr/bin/rpc.gssd [-f] [-l] [-M] [-n] [-v] [-r] [-p pipefsdir] [-k keytab] [-d ccachedir] [-t timeout] [-R preferred realm] [-D] [-H] [-U upcall timeout] [-C]
Options (15)
OptionDescriptionSource
-DThe server name passed to GSSAPI for authentication is normally the name exactly as requested.man
-fRuns rpc.gssd in the foreground and sends output to stderr (as opposed to syslogd)man
-nWhen specified, UID 0 is forced to obtain user credentials which are used instead of the local system's machine credentials.man
-k keytabTells rpc.gssd to use the keys found in keytab to obtain machine credentials.man
-p pathTells rpc.gssd where to look for the rpc_pipefs filesystem.man
-d search-pathThis option specifies a colon separated list of directories that rpc.gssd searches for credential files.man
-MBy default, machine credentials are stored in files in the first directory in the credential directory search path (see the -d option).man
-vIncreases the verbosity of the output (can be specified multiple times).man
-rIf the RPCSEC_GSS library supports setting debug level, increases the verbosity of the output (can be specified multiple times).man
-R realmKerberos tickets from this realm will be preferred when scanning available credentials cache files to be used to create a context.man
-t timeoutTimeout, in seconds, for kernel GSS contexts.man
-T timeoutTimeout, in seconds, to create an RPC connection with a server while establishing an authenticated gss context for a user.man
-U timeoutTimeout, in seconds, for upcall threads.man
-CIn addition to logging an error message for threads that have timed out, the thread will be canceled and an error of -ETIMEDOUT will be reported to the kernel.man
-HAvoids setting $HOME to "/".man

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