Q1: Why do I get nobody as an user?

Q: Why do I get nobody as an user?

A: Because your idmap domains are out of whack.

[root@mrx ~]# ls -la /nfs4/will/loghyr
total 63
drwxr-xr-x  10 nobody nobody   512 Nov 10 11:02 .
drwxr-xr-x   3 root   root    4096 Nov  9 21:53 ..
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nobody   512 Nov  9 16:37 fedora
drwxr-xr-x  11 nobody nobody   512 Apr  4  2005 home

You can fix this in the following ways, each dependent on your OS:

• Solaris edit /etc/default/nfs and make NFSMAPID_DOMAIN match your other box.
• Linux edit /etc/idmapd.conf and make Domain match your other box.
• Data ONTAP change the option nfs.v4.id.domain and make it match your other box.

I don't know how to do this for other OS variants. Please send me the details and I will add them.

Posted at 11:09PM Mar 04, 2006 by tdh in FAQ  |  Comments[1]