On Sunday 02 March 2003 09:20 am, Rod Roark wrote: > Anyone know if there's a way to map user IDs (other than > root) across NFS? > > I.e., user "rod" on the client machine has ID 1000, but on > the NFS server is 500, and I'd like general access to my > home directory from the client.
The simplest solution is to use the same UID when you configure the 2nd machine. For a small network, it is generally not hard to change the UID's to match--but you need to find a few odds-and-ends (e.g., /var/spool/mail). There was a recent thread on vox-tech about the dual problem of changing username. It's an easy mistake, on a small network, to end up with machines having different UID's--it's not something one usually thinks about on a small network. The more general solution is to run NIS. Then you don't have a UID hard-coded on a machine, you get it from the NIS server. It's not hard to get NIS running for a small network, but there's a little bit of a learning curve. You would still need to "retro-fit" your filesystems to get all the UID's to match-up. The question you are asking is if the NFS server will re-map UID's for you. The answer is "maybe." It does not do general re-mapping of the sort you are asking about (e.g., using rules like "if a request comes from UID X treat this as UID Y"--at least, I don't think so). However, you *might* be able to make use of the ability of the NFS server to re-map the anonymous uid. *maybe* I think that's opening a big can of worms--for security, maintenance, etc. I suggest doing the small amount of work to get the UID's to match up. shawn > > TIA, > > -- Rod > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
