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# NAME

`k_hasafs`, `k_hasafs_recheck`, `k_pioctl`, `k_unlog`, `k_setpag`, `k_afs_cell_of_file`, `kafs_set_verbose`, `kafs_settoken_rxkad`, `kafs_settoken`, `krb_afslog`, `krb_afslog_uid`, `kafs_settoken5`, `krb5_afslog`, `krb5_afslog_uid` —
AFS library

# LIBRARY

AFS cache manager access library (libkafs, -lkafs)

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <kafs.h>`

int
`k_afs_cell_of_file`(const char *path, char *cell, int len);

int
`k_hasafs`(void);

int
`k_hasafs_recheck`(void);

int
`k_pioctl`(char *a_path, int o_opcode, struct ViceIoctl *a_paramsP, int a_followSymlinks);

int
`k_setpag`(void);

int
`k_unlog`(void);

void
`kafs_set_verbose`(void (*func)(void *, const char *, int), void *);

int
`kafs_settoken_rxkad`(const char *cell, struct ClearToken *token, void *ticket, size_t ticket_len);

int
`kafs_settoken`(const char *cell, uid_t uid, CREDENTIALS *c);

`krb_afslog`(char *cell, char *realm);

int
`krb_afslog_uid`(char *cell, char *realm, uid_t uid);

krb5_error_code
`krb5_afslog_uid`(krb5_context context, krb5_ccache id, const char *cell, krb5_const_realm realm, uid_t uid);

int
`kafs_settoken5`(const char *cell, uid_t uid, krb5_creds *c);

krb5_error_code
`krb5_afslog`(krb5_context context, krb5_ccache id, const char *cell, krb5_const_realm realm);

# DESCRIPTION

`k_hasafs`() initializes some library internal structures, and tests for the presence of AFS in the kernel, none of the other functions should be called before `k_hasafs`() is called, or if it fails.

`k_hasafs_recheck`() forces a recheck if a AFS client has started since last time `k_hasafs`() or `k_hasafs_recheck`() was called.

`kafs_set_verbose`() set a log function that will be called each time the kafs library does something important so that the application using libkafs can output verbose logging. Calling the function kafs_set_verbose with the function argument set to `NULL` will stop libkafs from calling the logging function (if set).

`kafs_settoken_rxkad`() set `rxkad` with the token and ticket (that have the length ticket_len) for a given cell.

`kafs_settoken`() and `kafs_settoken5`() work the same way as `kafs_settoken_rxkad`() but internally converts the Kerberos 4 or 5 credential to a afs cleartoken and ticket.

`krb_afslog`(), and `krb_afslog_uid`() obtains new tokens (and possibly tickets) for the specified cell and realm. If cell is `NULL`, the local cell is used. If realm is `NULL`, the function tries to guess what realm to use. Unless you have some good knowledge of what cell or realm to use, you should pass `NULL`. `krb_afslog`() will use the real user-id for the `ViceId` field in the token, `krb_afslog_uid`() will use uid.

`krb5_afslog`(), and `krb5_afslog_uid`() are the Kerberos 5 equivalents of `krb_afslog`(), and `krb_afslog_uid`().

`krb5_afslog`(), `kafs_settoken5`() can be configured to behave differently via a `krb5_appdefault` option `afs-use-524` in krb5.conf. Possible values for `afs-use-524` are:

yes
  use the 524 server in the realm to convert the ticket
no
  use the Kerberos 5 ticket directly, can be used with if the afs cell support 2b token.
local, 2b
  convert the Kerberos 5 credential to a 2b token locally (the same work as a 2b 524 server should have done).

Example:

    [appdefaults]
    	SU.SE = { afs-use-524 = local }
    	PDC.KTH.SE = { afs-use-524 = yes }
    	afs-use-524 = yes

libkafs will use the `libkafs` as application name when running the `krb5_appdefault` function call.

The (uppercased) cell name is used as the realm to the `krb5_appdefault function.`

`k_afs_cell_of_file`() will in cell return the cell of a specified file, no more than len characters is put in cell.

`k_pioctl`() does a `pioctl`() system call with the specified arguments. This function is equivalent to `lpioctl`().

`k_setpag`() initializes a new PAG.

`k_unlog`() removes destroys all tokens in the current PAG.

# RETURN VALUES

`k_hasafs`() returns 1 if AFS is present in the kernel, 0 otherwise. `krb_afslog`() and `krb_afslog_uid`() returns 0 on success, or a Kerberos error number on failure. `k_afs_cell_of_file`(), `k_pioctl`(), `k_setpag`(), and `k_unlog`() all return the value of the underlaying system call, 0 on success.

# ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variable affect the mode of operation of `kafs`:

`AFS_SYSCALL`
  Normally, `kafs` will try to figure out the correct system call(s) that are used by AFS by itself. If it does not manage to do that, or does it incorrectly, you can set this variable to the system call number or list of system call numbers that should be used.

# EXAMPLES

The following code from `login` will obtain a new PAG and tokens for the local cell and the cell of the users home directory.

    if (k_hasafs()) {
    	char cell[64];
    	k_setpag();
    	if(k_afs_cell_of_file(pwd->pw_dir, cell, sizeof(cell)) == 0)
    		krb_afslog(cell, NULL);
    	krb_afslog(NULL, NULL);
    }

# ERRORS

If any of these functions (apart from `k_hasafs`()) is called without AFS being present in the kernel, the process will usually (depending on the operating system) receive a SIGSYS signal.

# SEE ALSO

krb5_appdefault(3), krb5.conf(5)

Transarc Corporation, File Server/Cache Manager Interface, AFS-3 Programmer's Reference, 1991.

# FILES

libkafs will search for ThisCell and TheseCells in the following locations: /usr/vice/etc, /etc/openafs, /var/db/openafs/etc, /usr/arla/etc, /etc/arla, and /etc/afs

# BUGS

`AFS_SYSCALL` has no effect under AIX.

May 1, 2006 | NetBSD 9.4