Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 21:02:21 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nfssvc not available or version mismatch (nfsv4 client) Message-ID: <AANLkTi=GVijaPKONJk8wyovMsoqidvFpd%2Bkkc0zjxKBm@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <490948409.256117.1294427731921.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> References: <ig7oif$a9t$1@dough.gmane.org> <490948409.256117.1294427731921.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca>
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On 7 January 2011 20:15, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> wrote: >> On 01/07/11 15:47, Rick Macklem wrote: >> >> > What it needs to know is the domain name that you are using >> > for bind, etc since that is appended to user and group names >> > that go on the wire. For example: >> > - If the machine's name is nfs-client.cis.uoguelph.ca as shown >> > by the hostname command... >> > --> the domain name is cis.uoguelph.ca >> > then the user rick will go on the wire as rick@cis.uoguelph.ca >> >> That's nice - so finally no UIDs over the wire? Or is it only for >> logins? >> > Well, no UIDs on the wire inside the NFSv4 RPCs. Unfortunately, if > you are using AUTH_SYS, there are still UIDs in the RPC header. But > if you use krb5 then, yes, no UIDs on the wire. I was thinking about the practical scenario where users share a server - currently, as there's AFAIK no facility for remapping UIDs in FreeBSD, UIDs and usernames have to match on all machines. Will this change with NFSv4?home | help
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