Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 31Oct2006 16:35, Anthony Messina <amessina@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | Cameron Simpson wrote: > | > On 30Oct2006 17:12, Anthony Messina <amessina@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | > | why does nfsnobody have such a long uid/gid number in a fresh install? > | > | > | > | # grep nfsnobody /etc/passwd > | > | nfsnobody:x:4294967294:4294967294:Anonymous NFS > | > | User:/var/lib/nfs:/sbin/nologin > | > | > | > | this has caused problems on previous nfs4 installations. i usually have > | > | to change it to 65534 to get things to work. > | > > | > That's the 32-bit version of "-2". 65534 is the 16 bit version. > | > It probably tracks the "uid_t" type size. > | > | thank you for your reply. trouble is, when i use that number, i get the > | following message in my logs: > | > | rpc.idmapd[2086]: nfsdcb: id '-2' too big! > | > | and the idmapping fails to work properly. in order to use that 32 bit > | number, is there something else i might not be configuring properly? > > I don't really know. Is there a problem with just changing it to 65534 > as you have been doing? no, there isn't a problem at all. i was inquiring more than anything. but i do think that it's interesting that the larger number is the default, yet it doesn't seem to work. -- Anthony - http://messinet.com - http://messinet.com/~amessina/gallery 8F89 5E72 8DF0 BCF0 10BE 9967 92DC 35DC B001 4A4E
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