On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 07:38:30PM +0100, Spelic wrote: > On 11/29/2010 07:22 PM, Trond Myklebust wrote: > >On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 19:12 +0100, Spelic wrote: > >No. That is not allowed by the spec. > > > >Trond > > Too bad!! :-(( > Was that spec decision really wise? :-/ > > > BTW: > I've just noticed two discussions dated a few months ago in this ML > regarding this. > the thread named 'numeric UIDs' There's also a reference to the spec language there--we'd be violating a "SHOULD", but I think it would be acceptable if it smooths the v3->v4 upgrade path for users in your situation. I think steved's changes still need to be ported to libnfsidmap? --b. > and more interestingly the thread: "Teach clients to map numeric > strings into valid uids and gids." > http://marc.info/?t=128207393000001&r=1&w=2 > > Would the patch by Steve Dickson allow us to have numeric UID > mapping like in NFSv3? > (Including ability for a non-squashed-root to do chown towards an > UID which is unknown at server side) > > And if yes, how come this is not against the specs? > > Thank you > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
