On 7 January 2011 20:15, Rick Macklem <rmacklem_at_uoguelph.ca> wrote: >> On 01/07/11 15:47, Rick Macklem wrote: >> >> > What it needs to know is the domain name that you are using >> > for bind, etc since that is appended to user and group names >> > that go on the wire. For example: >> > - If the machine's name is nfs-client.cis.uoguelph.ca as shown >> > by the hostname command... >> > --> the domain name is cis.uoguelph.ca >> > then the user rick will go on the wire as rick_at_cis.uoguelph.ca >> >> That's nice - so finally no UIDs over the wire? Or is it only for >> logins? >> > Well, no UIDs on the wire inside the NFSv4 RPCs. Unfortunately, if > you are using AUTH_SYS, there are still UIDs in the RPC header. But > if you use krb5 then, yes, no UIDs on the wire. I was thinking about the practical scenario where users share a server - currently, as there's AFAIK no facility for remapping UIDs in FreeBSD, UIDs and usernames have to match on all machines. Will this change with NFSv4?Received on Fri Jan 07 2011 - 19:26:30 UTC
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