passwd and group

[Linda Lux]

For NFS mounts, what should the user 'nobody'
be defined as in the passwd file? I am also running Samba, so I have to be careful how I have it defined, this is what it looks like
now:
nobody:*:207:99::/:

and the /etc/group shows:
nogroup:*:-2:
nobody::99:nobody

Is this the reason why my 'mv' and 'cp' to a
mounted Omni-NFS system is giving me permission denied

Linda

[Michael Steele_2]

Yeah, that's been modified. Nobody is used by NFS for anonymous logins. Are you running something like NFS and Clearcase? Automounter or Autofs?

nobody should have an UID and GID of -2, with no shell

nobody:*:-2:-2::/:

Who is UID 207?

What group is 99?

[Linda Lux]

If I change it to that then Samba doesn't work
Linda

[Sundar_7]

Hi Linda,

The ideal platform for NFS is that the user IDs must match across the NFS server & NFS clients.

If the user ID doesnt match then the file access requests will be handled using the user "nobody"s UID which is -2 by default.

Also note by default NFS client root get mappped to "nobody" in NFS server.

So even if u r the root in the NFS client, "permission denied" error messages are possible.

Thanks,

Sundar.

[Linda Lux]

actually my userids match on both, along with the group ids of 20 or higher.
Linda

[Sundar_7]

Which is the user getting "permission denied" message ?

GREP username from /etc/passwd on both the NFS client & Server.

[Darren Prior]

Hi Linda,

You should be able to configure Samba to use a different user, eg smbnull. If you are using CIFS/9000 then it will have created the smbnull account as part of the install.

regards,

Darren.

[T G Manikandan]

Nobody is a inbuilt user for Network file system.

the UId for the user is -2.
Samba does not recognise negative value uid's.

Samba has a equivalent user 'guest'.you can use that account.

REvert

[Linda Lux]

I have attached my smb.conf, I am not a sys
admin - just taking over for the one that our company cut in its downsizing.
Can you help me with this 'guest' acct and
how I should have it in passwd and /etc/group
Thanks
Linda

[Darren Prior]

You can add the user and group via SAM. Ensure the account is locked as no-one needs to login using it. Pick a unique uid and gid - smbnull uses 101 and 101.

As for Samba - use the following line:

guest account = guest

in each share that requires guest access.

I'd also suggest you get a copy of O'Reilly's Using Samba - which is very useful if you're likely to be doing any other Samba-related admin work. Guest account stuff is mentioned on p162.

regards,

Darren.