i.e., in #2, what I'm trying to re-examine is the fallback from idmapd to getpwnam, not from either to numeric ids Matt
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Benjamin" <[email protected]> > To: "NFS Ganesha Developers" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 1:08:41 PM > Subject: [Nfs-ganesha-devel] lookup by idmapd--should it always fall-back to > getpwnam? > > Hi, > > While doing some FSAL testing, I noticed that I couldn't get Ganesha to > consistently/exclusively return numeric uid/gid values--I could get them if > (idmap and/or getpwnam) failed, and if Allow_Numeric_Owners was set (the > default). > > So after a chat w/Frank, I had a plan to make the idmap style explicit. What > Frank and I discussed has a config parameter that can be "idmapd" or > "getpwnam" or "numeric," > with "idmapd" the default, and Allow_Numeric_Owners behaving as before. > > What I skipped past when Frank and I discussed this, was that the current > behavior is actually idmapd falling back to getpwnam, falling back to > numeric. It doesn't seem like you would always want the fallback from > idmapd to getpwnam either. I'm looking for feedback as to: > > 1. is there agreement that either idmapd or getpwnam but not fallback between > them is useful? > 2. is there actual desire for the fallback behavior (which I guess would be > the default if so, since it's the current behavior)? > > Thanks, > > Matt > > -- > Matt Benjamin > Red Hat, Inc. > 315 West Huron Street, Suite 140A > Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 > > http://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/storage > > tel. 734-707-0660 > fax. 734-769-8938 > cel. 734-216-5309 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Transform Data into Opportunity. > Accelerate data analysis in your applications with > Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. > Click to learn more. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785351&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Nfs-ganesha-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs-ganesha-devel > -- Matt Benjamin Red Hat, Inc. 315 West Huron Street, Suite 140A Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 http://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/storage tel. 734-707-0660 fax. 734-769-8938 cel. 734-216-5309 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785351&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Nfs-ganesha-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs-ganesha-devel
