Quota on NFS

[Paul Mora]

On 1/24/06, Kihara Muriithi <william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Just wondering, when a NFS client try to access a shared NFS file
> system, the server see it either as a user "nobody" or "root"
> depending on the configuration - options inserted on fstab. Now, to
> enforce quotas, you need a better user name, nobody and root isn't
> going to cut it as its too general. How does the rquota get this
> information?


Not true.  NFS works entirely on UID/GID from client to server.  The only
account that gets mapped to user "nobody" on the server is root on the
client.  Every other UID/GID on the client gets mapped to the same UID/GID
on the server .

This is also why users and UIDs (and groups and GIDs) need to be
synchronized for NFS to work.  If they are out of sync; then you get all
sorts of permission problems.

pm

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Paul Mora
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