From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Peter_=C5strand?= Subject: Re: Linux client with MS SFU server Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 20:42:17 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: <42CACE6A.6090005@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="789237761-1704289037-1120588937=:30139" Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from [10.3.1.92] (helo=sc8-sf-mx2-new.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DpsNH-0004X3-RM for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 05 Jul 2005 11:42:27 -0700 Received: from mail.cendio.se ([193.12.253.69]) by sc8-sf-mx2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DpsNF-0003OY-IQ for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 05 Jul 2005 11:42:27 -0700 To: Peter Staubach In-Reply-To: <42CACE6A.6090005@redhat.com> Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --789237761-1704289037-1120588937=:30139 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Peter Staubach wrote: >> I'm trying to use the Linux NFS client with a Microsoft "Services For = UNIX"=20 >> (SFU) server. The SFU version if 2.2. The server is actually a HP=20 >> Storageworks 1000s NAS server. > Does this server need to be configured with the uid and maybe gid of th= e=20 > user to be accessing files on the file system? I have seen some=20 > situations, typically with Microsoft servers, that need to be accessed=20 > using a specific uid/gid combination. Since these systems don't have=20 > the concept of uid and gid anyway, perhaps this is required here. Well, yes. The server has a "User Name Mapping" feature. It can build map= s=20 based on a NIS server source, for example. This is what I'm using. This i= s=20 all documented in the NAS 1000s administration guide. There's a component called "NFS Authentication Software" (sfucustom.msi)=20 that, according to the guide, needs to be installed on all PDCs and BDCs.= =20 First, I didn't think this was necessary, but perhaps it is. I wonder wha= t=20 this software actually does... --=20 Peter =C5strand Chief Developer Cendio www.thinlinc.com Teknikringen 3 www.cendio.se 583 30 Link=F6ping Phone: +46-13-21 46 00 --789237761-1704289037-1120588937=:30139-- ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs