On 12.10.06 21:49, HXC wrote: > There are folders in my NFS share that I would like to keep private. I > gave the same permissions as my home folder (my username). Unfortunatly > my username has the same UID as the computer computer thus my username > becomes the username of the clients computer.
UIDs are translated on the machine where you use them, only UID/GID numbers are transferred via NFS. That's the native feature of NFS filesystem (afaik, NFS version four uses [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of UIDS) Note that NFS was created (by SUN microsystems) for homogenous networks where all people/computers used same shared password databases (e.g. NIS, formerly known as YP). For this reason is it (was) not safe for environments where anyone (read: admin of each system) can set up any access rights (s)he wants. > How can I prevent this? In other words how do I synchronize the UID of the > client and the host computer? Thanks in advance! I think package 'ugidd' is what you may try. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
