Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:28139 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754634AbaCMRlP (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:41:15 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] NFSv4 rpc.idmapd plugin From: Simo Sorce To: "J. Bruce Fields" Cc: Steve Dickson , Noam Meltzer , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, sssd-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org In-Reply-To: <20140313172531.GA7124@fieldses.org> References: <1393918676-20865-1-git-send-email-noam@primarydata.com> <5321CDB6.7010803@RedHat.com> <1394729939.32465.231.camel@willson.li.ssimo.org> <20140313172531.GA7124@fieldses.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:41:02 -0400 Message-ID: <1394732462.32465.235.camel@willson.li.ssimo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2014-03-13 at 13:25 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:58:59PM -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: > > On Thu, 2014-03-13 at 11:24 -0400, Steve Dickson wrote: > > > > > V4 servers now have an option of returning a uid string (aka "3606") > > > where the NFS client just converts that into the uid. > > > > Can the client tell the server *not to do that* ? > > The client can use kerberos, in which case the server won't do that. This is sufficient, thanks. > Other than that, no, the behavior can only be controlled by server-side > configuration. A little sub-optimal if the server can do either but the client can have a choice, but ok. Simo. -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York