2008/3/11, Sunnz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> My environment... I am not sure what kind of description is needed...
> but computers need to be first to authenticate and get an IP from
> OpenVPN before they can send any packets through the network... so I
> suppose I don't really need additional security from NFS?
>
> I still don't understand how the uid/gid thing works... are there any
> document about it? Last time I had NFS I had to keep ssh into the file
> server and change gid... so I guess I probably have not used it
> correctly? I never have heard of NIS... but how would that work with
> laptops, which are suppose to be portable and move between different
> networks everyday, that is, home, school and work for me.
>
> Just use the same uid/gid on the client as you have in your export file.
As simple as that.