Paul M Foster wrote: > I have two users on the client: paulf 1000 and nancyf 1001. On the > server, I have two users: pi 1000 and paulf 1001. I can mount the NFS > share from the server to /mnt on my client. But any files belonging to > me (user 1001 on the server) look like they belong to nancy (user 1001 > on the client. More importantly, if I copy files to this share from the > client, they will look like they belong to pi (user 1000) on the server. > > Is there some way in the /etc/exports file to adjust the parameters so > that files retain my ownership on the server?
You're looking for userid mapping, handled by idmapd. Your best long-term solution is to make the userids consistent across machines by making a decision about who will be 1000, 1001 and 1002, and then changing /etc/passwd and running suitable "chown -R" commands, probably followed by find commands. Debian automatically starts user numbering at 1000, so it's a good idea to have a consistent install username, if you can arrange it. -dsr-