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Begin forwarded message: Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:51:49 -0400 From: Steve Dickson <ste...@redhat.com> To: Dennis Gilmore <den...@ausil.us> Subject: Fwd: Re: nfs-idmap.service removed - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: nfs-idmap.service removed Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:55:53 -0400 From: Steve Dickson <ste...@redhat.com> To: Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> CC: For testing and quality assurance of Fedora releases <test@lists.fedoraproject.org> On 04/26/2012 08:06 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 04/26/2012 07:31 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: >> On Thu, 2012-04-26 at 07:49 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> Is there anywhere documentation outlining the decision to remove a >>> separate nfs-idmap.service from F17? It seems that >>> nfs-server.service must be enabled and started in order for >>> rpc.idmapd. It doesn't seem logical that a system running a NFS >>> Client Only should be required to also run an NFS server. >> The changelog message reads: >> >> "Removed the nfs-idmap service. rpc.idmap is now part of the >> nfs-server service" >> >> Steve, can you elaborate? Do pure clients never need idmap? > > Sure they do, if they want uid/gid mapped properly..... > > Here is the output from an F16 system showing the effect.... > > First I mount with no rpc.idmap service running.... > > [root@f16-1 ~]# mount -t nfs4 192.168.0.55:/syntegra /syntegra > [root@f16-1 ~]# ll /syntegra/ > total 40 > drwxrwxr-x. 3 4294967294 4294967294 4096 Mar 24 2010 HP-Pavilion > drwxr-xr-x. 9 4294967294 4294967294 4096 Nov 30 10:21 iso > drwxrwxr-x. 7 4294967294 4294967294 4096 Nov 30 10:34 linux-releases > drwx------. 2 4294967294 4294967294 16384 Apr 1 2007 lost+found > > And...then.... > > [root@f16-1 ~]# umount /syntegra > [root@f16-1 ~]# systemctl start nfs-idmap.service > [root@f16-1 ~]# mount -t nfs4 192.168.0.55:/syntegra /syntegra > [root@f16-1 ~]# ll /syntegra/ > total 40 > drwxrwxr-x. 3 egreshko egreshko 4096 Mar 24 2010 HP-Pavilion > drwxr-xr-x. 9 egreshko egreshko 4096 Nov 30 10:21 iso > drwxrwxr-x. 7 egreshko egreshko 4096 Nov 30 10:34 linux-releases > drwx------. 2 root root 16384 Apr 1 2007 lost+found > > Notice the difference? > > - From your root prompt "[root@f16-1 ~]#" it appears you are on a f16 machine... In that cause yes the rpc.idmap service is needed. steved. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+astIACgkQkSxm47BaWfcAPgCeKXLcZ8VVDLi7/OZWOrEXfNeB IMkAnj6cL1yvF/AsLjhIS/AqmkPRvCRB =C0hD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
