From: Tom Haynes Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Support for Numeric Representations of UIDs and GIDs. Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:51:58 -0500 Message-ID: <4C6AE85E.4000305@excfb.com> References: <1282073925-18707-1-git-send-email-steved@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: Linux NFS Mailing list To: Steve Dickson Return-path: Received: from eastrmmtao101.cox.net ([68.230.240.7]:43360 "EHLO eastrmmtao101.cox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751006Ab0HQTw2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:52:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1282073925-18707-1-git-send-email-steved@redhat.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Steve Dickson wrote: > In recent NFS v2/v3 to v4 transitions, one of the sticking > points have been that fact v4 uses strings in the format > of "user@domain" instead of 32bit integers for uids and > gids. > > When the string can not be mapped, its mapped to the 'nobody' > user which is not optimal for things like backup servers and > such where the ids will not be know by both sides. > > So this patch series enables the server to send out numeric > string of uids and gids that do not have the '@domain' part. > The series also adds functionality to the client that parse these > type of strings and will use the numeric representation > of the ids iff the id exists on the client, which is > sightly different that Solaris. Solaris dose not have that > "id must exist" restriction. > No, Solaris does have that restriction. > Steve Dickson (2): > Teach clients to map numeric strings into valid uids and gids. > Add server support to use of numeric strings for uid and gids. > > utils/idmapd/idmapd.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 1 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >