From: "Kevin Coffman" Subject: Re: [NFS] Mapping ? Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:04:43 -0500 Message-ID: <4d569c330802130804p1b0f6a32y2925819c0669c49e@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080212194040.GA16370@example.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net To: Pascal.Dupuis-s1sOSHjJPfVpcTqYljSg7g@public.gmane.org Return-path: Received: from neil.brown.name ([220.233.11.133]:50148 "EHLO neil.brown.name" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932246AbYBMQFH (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:05:07 -0500 Received: from brown by neil.brown.name with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JPK6b-0008Er-03 for linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:05:05 +1100 In-Reply-To: <20080212194040.GA16370-hcDgGtZH8xNAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Feb 12, 2008 2:40 PM, Pascal A. Dupuis wrote: > Hello, > > next batch of problems. > Server setup: I created a /srv/nfsv4 dir, then mounted 3 dir there > using the bind option: "/backup on /srv/nfsv4/backup type bind > (rw,bind)" and so on. The /etc/exports contains ONE dir: > /srv/nfsv4 192.168.1.2(root_squash,rw,sync,fsid=0,crossmnt,subtree_check) > > rpc.imapd running, /etc/idmapd.conf minimalistic as explained in the > nfs-howto > > On the client side, mounting immediatly results in the following > message: rpc.idmapd[3299]: nss_getpwnam: name '0' does not map into domain 'localdomain' If that message is literally what you saw, it indicates that /etc/idmapd.conf is not configured correctly. (Probably on the client and the server.) > Then, > `ls -al the_mounted_dir` > drwxr-xr-x 7 nobody nogroup 4096 2007-11-28 10:07 backup > So far so good, but ... > `ls -al the_mounted_dir/backup` > kernel: fsid 0:13: expected fileid 0x2, got 0x802a I can't tell you anything about this. > The file /etc/nsswitch.conf contains "passwd: compat" > > Both server and client running Debian testing, with the package as > nfs-kernel-server/lenny uptodate 1:1.1.1-12 > Kernel is 2.6.24.2. > > Any idea ? > > While at the subject, is there a simple way to map UID x on the server > onto UID y on the client ? NFSv4 uses names, not UIDs, on the wire. So, while what you are asking for is probably possible, it would require asymmetrical mappings between the client and server. K.C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs _______________________________________________ Please note that nfs@lists.sourceforge.net is being discontinued. Please subscribe to linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org instead. http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs