NFS setup question: No password setup?

ksgill · 12-03-2005, 07:18 PM

Hi,

I have this question from the course that I am taking-
Do you need to have an account (and password) on a file server to access NFS?
I can't find a clear answer to this anywhere in the book/net. Could this be done?

Thanks

Tinkster · 12-03-2005, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ksgill

Hi,

I have this question from the course that I am taking-
Do you need to have an account (and password) on a file server to access NFS?
I can't find a clear answer to this anywhere in the book/net. Could this be done?

Thanks

man exports

Read the section on "User ID mapping"

Cheers,
Tink

mijohnst · 12-03-2005, 09:07 PM

As far as I've seen it only works with file permissions. So you don't get a popup box if that's what you're asking.

ksgill · 12-04-2005, 11:27 AM

So, it can be done if we export using anon=uid option? I cant find exports for Ubuntu using apt-get.. funny.

Tinkster · 12-04-2005, 11:50 AM

It's a file in /etc - not a package

If you have nfs-tools installed you'll most likely have a
/etc/exports and its man-page installed. Just try "man exports"

Cheers,
Tink