arl D. Blake wrote: > On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 20:42, Bret Hughes wrote: > >>On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 21:16, Julian Opificius wrote: >> >>>Howdy y'all, >>> >>>So, dumb question of the evening:- >>>how do I connect to files and directories on one linux box to another (on >>>the same lan, where I have accounts on both). >>> >> >> I use nfs for this. I have set it up several ways but the easiest I >>have found is to get webmin and use it to export the directories on the >>one that will serve the files and use it on the client machine to set up >>the mounting of the nfs directory. >> >> > For those who use nfs: what's a fairly simple way to handle making > usernames and groups consistent between computers when using nfs? Does > nfs provide a way to map one user to another when writing files to a > remote computer? Or do you have to ensure that the uid for every person > using nfs is the same between all of the computers?
NIS+ (naming information service) is one way to do this. It enables you to distribute to many machines things such as /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. NIS is great for large environments, but beware of security issues. I highly recommend O'Reilly's Managing NFS and NIS. Another way to do it is, as you mention, just assign each user the same UID, and keep GID's consistent and you should be ok. > > >>or if simple file transfer every now and then is all you need then sftp >>in combination with ssh should do the trick. I found a graphical tool >>called securepanel awhile back that also works well. >> >>BTW you will need root access on both machines to set up most solutions >>depending on the services currently running. >> >>Bret >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Redhat-list mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >> _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
