On 12/23/2014 04:44 PM, Scott Mayhew wrote: > Even though the 'new' idmapper used by the client has been around for > several years, a lot of users seem to be unaware of its existence. > > Signed-off-by: Scott Mayhew <smayhew@xxxxxxxxxx> Committed... steved. > --- > utils/idmapd/idmapd.man | 13 ++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/utils/idmapd/idmapd.man b/utils/idmapd/idmapd.man > index 185cd1b..c809f78 100644 > --- a/utils/idmapd/idmapd.man > +++ b/utils/idmapd/idmapd.man > @@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ is the NFSv4 ID <-> name mapping daemon. It provides functionality to > the NFSv4 kernel client and server, to which it communicates via > upcalls, by translating user and group IDs to names, and vice versa. > .Pp > +Note that on more recent kernels only the NFSv4 server uses > +.Nm . > +The NFSv4 client instead uses > +.Xr nfsidmap 8 , > +and only falls back to > +.Nm > +if there was a problem running the > +.Xr nfsidmap 8 > +program. > +.Pp > The options are as follows: > .Bl -tag -width Ds_imagedir > .It Fl v > @@ -58,7 +68,8 @@ messages to console, and with a verbosity level of 3. > .Sh FILES > .Pa /etc/idmapd.conf > .Sh SEE ALSO > -.Xr idmapd.conf 5 > +.Xr idmapd.conf 5 , > +.Xr nfsidmap 8 > .\".Sh SEE ALSO > .\".Xr nylon.conf 4 > .\" .Sh COMPATIBILITY > -- 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
