On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Raman.P <[email protected]> wrote: > --- On Mon, 25/7/11, km <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I have mounted an nfs4 share on the client from a >> server with rw >> permissions. I am not using any authentication methods for >> now. >> On the client side, nfs4 mount, i am able to >> create files and folders >> using nautilus which get reflected on the server. >> But when I check the user permissions of the file/folder >> created on the nfs4 >> shared partition on the server, I see that it is created >> with someother user >> on the server. >> how do i map usernames on client to server correctly ? >> please let me know. >> Thanks! >> KM > > use NIS. >
These mappings are possible with user local uid/gid settings but it can be an administrative nightmare. You need some kind of a "directory service" that provides global uid/gid mappings across all machines. LDAP is an alternate solution. openLDAP support CIFS (aka samba) integration. (LDAP has been discussed in this list a few times; check the list archives) HTH -- Arun Khan A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
