[SGVLUG] NFS question

[John E. Kreznar]

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"Claude Felizardo" <cafelizardo at gmail.com> writes:

> I really don't want to have to change the userid on my Linux box
> because then all my backups won't match.  Short of creating another
> user on my local box with a userid of my Solaris account is anyone
> aware of any program that will allow me to remap userid's?

When I construct a new /etc/passwd and /home directory on a new
system, I routinely re-create there all existing users on other
systems with which NFS mounts might someday occur.  The userids match,
so the problem whereof you speak is avoided.

However, the exports(5) man page has a section "User ID Mapping" which
addresses exactly the question you're asking.  As I recall, it's a bit
of a mess, which is why I avoid it.

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 John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13
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