On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>
> Use yp. Make sure this machine is firewalled away from the internet.
> YP isn't too difficult to set up, there's a HOWTO available. I believe
> that linuxconf can be used to configure the clients. Using YP, all your
> linux machines authenticate
Bret Hughes wrote:
> either. Is there a way to do a mapping on username rather
> than the number so I can keep the ownership as the user and
> not have to fiddle with the passwd file to keep the numbers
> the same?
I've never heard of one.
> Looking for enlightenment.
Use yp. Make sure this
Create an account for everyone on the file server and use the "user map"
function of samba to keep the ownership correctly aligned. This will take
care of the Windows users. As for keeping the owner straight when using an
nfs mount, I dont know if you can map ID's, but I *think* you can. Gotta
be
I have a file server that I mount a /pub directory all the
time from my laptop and occationally from one or more test
machines. This is also shared via samba with several
windows98 and NT machines. I have been pulling my hair out
wondering how the ownership was being changed on several
files and
