NFS Clients and Servers

From: <cozzi_at_marconi.rad.nd.edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 20:33:22 +0000

Hello

I have three DEC Alphas. One of them has a very
large disk that I am using for all the users home
directories. Currently users work on all three systems
and the one with the large disk is NFS server to two
clients. Right now I am maintaining an /etc/passwd
file on each system that are for the most part identical.
This allows users read/write access to their own
directories on the server. Now I am getting requests
from LINUX, Convex, and Sun users for access to this
NFS server. The /etc/passwd files on these other
systems all have different user ID numbers and group
numbers and the users can't write to a directory on
the server.

Do I need to align all passwd files so the users have the
same ID and GROUP on each system?

What are people doing to authorize users from multiple
platforms access to a NFS server?

I am using DNS and do not have NIS PCNFSD or
yp running, and don't want to get into Kerberos.

Thanks for any help!

Marc Cozzi
Univ. of Notre Dame cozzi_at_nd.edu
Received on Mon Jan 16 1995 - 20:36:13 NZDT

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