root mismatch between server and client in LDAP

kosterbang · 01-27-2010, 11:19 AM

I have a server and a few clients set up with LDAP and NFS. All user files and logins are on the server, and I can login as a normal user on any client and get to my files. However, if I log in as root on a client, I can't write in root-owned directories on the NFS. I suppose that client-root and server-root are different. ??

Question: is there some way to convince the LDAP or that client-root and server-root are the same?

acid_kewpie · 01-28-2010, 02:41 AM

This will not be anything to do with ldap either you're not using ldap on one side of the system correctly, or NFS is blcoking access for another reason. Are the files you want to look at owned by the right uid's etc.??

Nothing to do with networking. Moved to Linux - General.

Valery Reznic · 01-28-2010, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kosterbang

I have a server and a few clients set up with LDAP and NFS. All user files and logins are on the server, and I can login as a normal user on any client and get to my files. However, if I log in as root on a client, I can't write in root-owned directories on the NFS. I suppose that client-root and server-root are different. ??

Question: is there some way to convince the LDAP or that client-root and server-root are the same?

Probably your directory exported with root_squash parameter (for the loooong time it's default)
When directory exported like that, than nfs server remap all request from root to other uid.

If you want give remote root access to the local root-owned files you have to export with no_root_squash (see man exportfs)

acid_kewpie · 01-28-2010, 10:00 AM

Well if it's a root_squash issue then that's even further away from LDAP.