----- Original Message ----- | On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Barbara Krasovec | barbarak@arnes.si wrote: | > >> | >> I have no experience with idmapd in linux, but in solaris and | >> netapp it | >> gets ugly quite easily :-) | >> | > It also works with same UID-s on server/client, just setting the | > domainname in idmapd.conf. Ldap is not obligatory. | | This is a small lab-type setting but I'm trying to merge two sets of | machines set up by different groups to have a common home directory | server that all the others automount. The number of users is small | enough that I'll just 'usermod' them into the same uid numbers, but I | don't see why it is worth running the idmapd daemon at all, when all | it does is map everyone to nobody if you forget to set the domains | identically. And after fixing the uids to match, is there any | advantage to nfsv4 at all?
Over NFSv3? Yes, single port for traffic and extended ACLs. Throw in Kerberos and you have authenticated access to resources.