From: Olaf Kirch Subject: Re: nfs-utils, e_maptype Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 21:23:45 +0100 Message-ID: <200703072123.47224.okir@lst.de> References: <20070307022107.GC27862@fieldses.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HP2g9-0000Xf-He for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:24:06 -0800 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.210] helo=mail.lst.de) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.44) id 1HP2g6-0001S2-Jd for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:24:04 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20070307022107.GC27862@fieldses.org> List-Id: "Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net On Wednesday 07 March 2007 03:21, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > Anybody know what the e_maptype export field is for? It seems to be > unused. IINM it goes back to the unfsd days. You could do different types of uid mapping there - 1:1 mapping, using NIS, or using some funky contraption called rpc.ugidd. Yes, we had uid mapping before NFSv4, and no, it wasnt pretty :-) Olaf -- Olaf Kirch | --- o --- Nous sommes du soleil we love when we play okir@lst.de | / | \ sol.dhoop.naytheet.ah kin.ir.samse.qurax ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs