On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 19:27 -0400, Ryan Dunn wrote: > I've got a server running CentOS 5.2 and has a working NFSv4 server. > I've been looking for some help on this on the net, but haven't come > across anything that looks like it would pertain to my situation. > > Basically, I've got a mixed distro environment (CentOS, Fedora, > openSuSE, Ubuntu, Puppy, and yikes possibly a Windows box) on various > desktops and laptops that I want to connect to my server. Currently, > I've got it setup so that it is only NFSv4 with a host mask. My first > concern is that it authenticates to the machine, not the user. > Second, that the user is identifed by the UID on the local machine, > not the actual user name. Since Centos/Fedora start UID at 500 and > Ubuntu/opensuse start at 1000, even though the names are the same, UID > is not. I'd rather not have to reID on half my machines Third, I know > I'll need samba for the windows box. So, if someone were to get on my > local network and have the same uid as I have, then they could mount > my shares as rw and have at it. > > The ideal situation is that a user would logon to a local box, then > when he wants to access a share, it sends the credentials to the > server, and mounts the share. This is all for my home setup; > basically, I'd like to have my directories be mounted rw for myself, > but if i have guests over, have them be able to mount read only > (sharing pictures with family memebers that have laptops, etc). ---- You seem to be afraid of changing id's but that really isn't that difficult - especially considering that it's a one time process... http://docsrv.sco.com/UG_admin/uaT.chguid.html next - you really should consider using ldap which is perfect for maintaining a single account/password which can be used to authenticate users on various machines (but that wont create their $HOME directories). Bonus is that if you use LDAP, the samba users also have the same uid. NFS-4 seems to be overkill for a home LAN setup but if you do some google searches or at least start with the official documentation on setting up NFS-4 http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Deployment_Guide/ (see section on NFS) Craig