topic Re: question about nfs in Operating System - HP-UX

question about nfs

itai weisman — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:19:11 GMT

i noticed that after mounting a nfs exported directory on another node, files will be created on the mounted directory with ownership of "nobody" .
can I change it somehow??

Re: question about nfs

Steven E. Protter — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 04:41:59 GMT

You would probably have to change the /etc/exports file on the server doing the export.

What changes you need depend on what authentication methodology you are using.

NIS? LDAP?

After making the changes:

exportfs -av

This will provide verbose output so you can see your changes worked.

SEP

Re: question about nfs

itai weisman — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 05:37:31 GMT

i'm using NIS.
but the users i'm using to create files with are the local users (/etc/passwd) with same id's (uid and gid) as in the nfs server.
what should i change in the exports file?

Re: question about nfs

Steven E. Protter — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 06:47:07 GMT

If security concerns permit it, please post your /etc/exports file and I will make change recommendations.

There is a factor here I don't quite understand. I have looked at a few NFS servers and do not see this behavior among them.

SEP

Re: question about nfs

itai weisman — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 07:48:41 GMT

here it is, attach both exports and nfsconf file.
the host file system is hpux 11.11
Itai

Re: question about nfs

SGUX — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 02:03:48 GMT

I guess you should check the user-ID's one more time. Looks like the user_ID's are not similar and the option for unknown user-ID's is set to "Use UID of User 'nobody'(default)"
Change this option to "Disable" or "Specify" to see what happens.
[ these are the options in SAM ]

Re: question about nfs

Muthukumar_5 — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 02:54:16 GMT

Change the setting of,

/var/opt/ignite/clients -anon=2

to

/var/opt/ignite/clients

Try to re-export all fs. Try it now.

hth.

Re: question about nfs

itai weisman — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:59:41 GMT

i managed to solve it by simply add -root flag....
thanks everyone