The dfsgw add command can be used to refresh DCE credentials. If they are not refreshed, DCE credentials (tickets) expire after the lifetime specified by the DCE Security Service. After they expire, the tickets can no longer be used for authenticated access. To end an authenticated session before the ticket lifetime has passed, you can issue either of the following commands:
vFrom the NFS client from which authenticated access to DFS is provided, enter the dfs_logout command. (See “Authenticating to DCE from an NFS Client”)
vFrom the Gateway Server machine via which the DFS is accessed, enter the dfsgw delete command. (See “Authenticating to DCE from a Gateway Server Machine” on page 21)
Both commands remove the entry from the authentication table that provides authenticated access from the NFS client. Regardless of which command you used to establish the DCE credentials (dfs_login or dfsgw add), you can end the authenticated session with the dfs_logout command or the dfsgw delete command. Neither command affects authenticated access from the other NFS clients. If your DCE credentials are the basis of another entry in the authentication table, you still have authenticated access via that other entry.
To refresh your DCE credentials before they expire, use the dfsgw add command, which refreshes the ticket lifetime of your existing TGT. to obtain new credentials, then use the dfs_login or dfsgw add command to replace your existing TGT with the new TGT.
Note that if you configure multiple Gateway Server machines, each server machine houses its own authentication table. The dfs_login and dfs_logout commands affect entries only in the authentication table maintained on the Gateway Server machine they contact; commands in the dfsgw suite affect entries only in the authentication table on the machine on which they are issued.
Authenticating to DCE from an NFS Client
The dfs_login command authenticates a user to DCE from an NFS client. The command contacts the DCE Security Service to obtain a TGT and a service ticket for the Gateway Server (dfsgwd) process for the user. It encrypts the user’s TGT with the service ticket and sends these to the Gateway Server process. It also sends the UID of the user who issues the command and the network address of the NFS client from which the command is issued. The Gateway Server process uses this information to create a valid login context, including a PAG, and an entry in the authentication table for the user.
Note: The dfs_login and dfs_logout commands are not provided with DFS; these commands are provided by your NFS vendor. The instructions
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