1comment = "gssd(8) daemon for kernel GSS-API" 2desc = <<EOD 3The Generic Security Services (GSS) API is used to perform authentication over 4a network connection, most commonly when using Kerberos authentication. 5 6The kernel contains an implementation of GSS-API primarily for use by the NFS 7client and server. When kernel GSS-API is in use, gssd(8) allows the kernel 8to fetch authentication data such as Kerberos tickets from userland. 9 10This daemon is required when using Kerberos authentication with NFS. 11EOD 12