On 04/26/2012 10:55 PM, Steve Dickson wrote: > > On 04/26/2012 08:06 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> 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? >> >> > From your root prompt "[root@f16-1 ~]#" it appears you are on > a f16 machine... In that cause yes the rpc.idmap service is needed. > I see.... So, what has changed where rpc.idmap service is no longer needed on the client side to do proper mapping in nfs4? -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
