On 04/26/2012 07:31 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Thu, 2012-04-26 at 07:49 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Is there anywhere documentation outlining the decision to remove a separate >> nfs-idmap.service from F17? It seems that nfs-server.service must be enabled and >> started in order for rpc.idmapd. It doesn't seem logical that a system running a NFS >> Client Only should be required to also run an NFS server. > The changelog message reads: > > "Removed the nfs-idmap service. rpc.idmap is now part of the nfs-server > service" > > Steve, can you elaborate? Do pure clients never need idmap? Sure they do, if they want uid/gid mapped properly..... Here is the output from an F16 system showing the effect.... First I mount with no rpc.idmap service running.... [root@f16-1 ~]# mount -t nfs4 192.168.0.55:/syntegra /syntegra [root@f16-1 ~]# ll /syntegra/ total 40 drwxrwxr-x. 3 4294967294 4294967294 4096 Mar 24 2010 HP-Pavilion drwxr-xr-x. 9 4294967294 4294967294 4096 Nov 30 10:21 iso drwxrwxr-x. 7 4294967294 4294967294 4096 Nov 30 10:34 linux-releases drwx------. 2 4294967294 4294967294 16384 Apr 1 2007 lost+found And...then.... [root@f16-1 ~]# umount /syntegra [root@f16-1 ~]# systemctl start nfs-idmap.service [root@f16-1 ~]# mount -t nfs4 192.168.0.55:/syntegra /syntegra [root@f16-1 ~]# ll /syntegra/ total 40 drwxrwxr-x. 3 egreshko egreshko 4096 Mar 24 2010 HP-Pavilion drwxr-xr-x. 9 egreshko egreshko 4096 Nov 30 10:21 iso drwxrwxr-x. 7 egreshko egreshko 4096 Nov 30 10:34 linux-releases drwx------. 2 root root 16384 Apr 1 2007 lost+found Notice the difference? -- Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. -- Dame Edna Everage -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
