Return-Path: Received: from mx2.isti.cnr.it ([194.119.192.4]:1627 "EHLO mx2.isti.cnr.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751422Ab0K2Sjl (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:39:41 -0500 Received: from SCRIPT-SPFWL-DAEMON.mx.isti.cnr.it by mx.isti.cnr.it (PMDF V6.5 #31825) id <01NUU9CJKVLSLKR7U0@mx.isti.cnr.it> for linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:38:33 +0100 (MET) Received: from conversionlocal.isti.cnr.it by mx.isti.cnr.it (PMDF V6.5 #31825) id <01NUU9CIV1YOLKRFUR@mx.isti.cnr.it> for linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:38:31 +0100 (MET) Received: from [192.168.7.52] (firewall.itb.cnr.it [155.253.6.254]) by mx.isti.cnr.it (PMDF V6.5 #31826) with ESMTPSA id <01NUU9CITX14LPP8E4@mx.isti.cnr.it> for linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:38:31 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:38:30 +0100 From: Spelic Subject: Re: NFSv4 behaviour on unknown users In-reply-to: <1291054975.12784.17.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <4CF3F326.4060608@shiftmail.org> Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=UTF-8 References: <4CF3ED05.3070401@shiftmail.org> <1291054975.12784.17.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 On 11/29/2010 07:22 PM, Trond Myklebust wrote: > On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 19:12 +0100, Spelic wrote: > > No. That is not allowed by the spec. > > Trond > Too bad!! :-(( Was that spec decision really wise? :-/ BTW: I've just noticed two discussions dated a few months ago in this ML regarding this. the thread named 'numeric UIDs' and more interestingly the thread: "Teach clients to map numeric strings into valid uids and gids." http://marc.info/?t=128207393000001&r=1&w=2 Would the patch by Steve Dickson allow us to have numeric UID mapping like in NFSv3? (Including ability for a non-squashed-root to do chown towards an UID which is unknown at server side) And if yes, how come this is not against the specs? Thank you