Hi,

While doing some FSAL testing, I noticed that I couldn't get Ganesha to 
consistently/exclusively return numeric uid/gid values--I could get them if 
(idmap and/or getpwnam) failed, and if Allow_Numeric_Owners was set (the 
default).

So after a chat w/Frank, I had a plan to make the idmap style explicit.  What 
Frank and I discussed has a config parameter that can be "idmapd" or "getpwnam" 
or "numeric,"
with "idmapd" the default, and Allow_Numeric_Owners behaving as before.

What I skipped past when Frank and I discussed this, was that the current 
behavior is actually idmapd falling back to getpwnam, falling back to numeric.  
It doesn't seem like you would always want the fallback from idmapd to getpwnam 
either.  I'm looking for feedback as to:

1. is there agreement that either idmapd or getpwnam but not fallback between 
them is useful?
2. is there actual desire for the fallback behavior (which I guess would be the 
default if so, since it's the current behavior)?

Thanks,

Matt

-- 
Matt Benjamin
Red Hat, Inc.
315 West Huron Street, Suite 140A
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103

http://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/storage

tel.  734-707-0660
fax.  734-769-8938
cel.  734-216-5309

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transform Data into Opportunity.
Accelerate data analysis in your applications with
Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library.
Click to learn more.
http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785351&iu=/4140
_______________________________________________
Nfs-ganesha-devel mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs-ganesha-devel

Reply via email to