You are right, I forgot to state that yes, I do use NFS to share files - great tip, this GID / UID remapping thing - thanks a lot.
However, it will not solve the problem on how to centrally manage system resources access across distros. Joao On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:49 AM <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:36:38AM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote: > > I have redhat and debian machines in the same network. Users and groups > are > > controlled via NIS > > > > I have realized that redhat and debian have different groups definitions > > for system resources access control. For instance, redhat machines have > > group lp with GID 4, while debian states that lp group is GID 7. > > If you are using NFS to share files (you aren't saying that), the newer > nfs system allow UID and GID remapping. > > No experience with that, though. > > Cheers > - -- tomás > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAlt20j8ACgkQBcgs9XrR2kbZrACfYlhKhddMf7vIebeBySbaXEnv > RQAAoIB78xIg01lkJpylchkqtpajI+Wj > =9S30 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
