[mdlug] NFS/AD Permissions?

Rick Renshaw bofh69 at yahoo.com
Wed May 2 14:33:34 EDT 2007


The map_static mount option allows you to specify a static map of uid/gids to NFS.


--- "Wojtak, Greg" <GregWojtak at quickenloans.com> wrote:

> I have an interesting opportunity here.
> 
> I have a web server where the developers have their code in their home
> directories.  I have set up name based virtual hosts for each of the
> developers so they can test their work.  Their preference is to work off of
> their local machine, so the web server is also an nfs server sharing out the
> /home directory.  Now, the developers work on Macs that are authenticating
> against AD, so ownership gets hosed when they write out new files.  For
> example running id on my machine gets me:
> 
> gwojtakmacg5:~ gwojtak$ id
> uid=364718656(gwojtak) gid=2135967446(MI\domain users)
> 
> an absurdly long uid from AD, and the same story with the developers.  So,
> my question is, without using samba (  ;-)  is there a way to have nfs
> interpret the uid/name mapping the way I want it to?
> 
> TIA, and let me know if I can clarify any of these points.
> 
> Greg
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