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nfsidmap(5) File Formats Manual nfsidmap(5)
nfsidmap - The NFS idmapper upcall program
nfsidmap [-v] [-t timeout] key desc
nfsidmap [-v] [-c]
nfsidmap [-v] [-u|-g|-r user]
nfsidmap -d
nfsidmap -l
nfsidmap -h
The NFSv4 protocol represents the local system's UID and GID
values on the wire as strings of the form user@domain. The
process of translating from UID to string and string to UID is
referred to as "ID mapping."
The system derives the user part of the string by performing a
password or group lookup. The lookup mechanism is configured in
/etc/idmapd.conf.
By default, the domain part of the string is the system's DNS
domain name. It can also be specified in /etc/idmapd.conf if the
system is multi-homed, or if the system's DNS domain name does
not match the name of the system's Kerberos realm.
When the domain is not specified in /etc/idmapd.conf the local
DNS server will be queried for the _nfsv4idmapdomain text record.
If the record exists that will be used as the domain. When the
record does not exist, the domain part of the DNS domain will
used.
The /usr/sbin/nfsidmap program performs translations on behalf of
the kernel. The kernel uses the request-key mechanism to perform
an upcall. /usr/sbin/nfsidmap is invoked by /sbin/request-key,
performs the translation, and initializes a key with the
resulting information. The kernel then caches the translation
results in the key.
nfsidmap can also clear cached ID map results in the kernel, or
revoke one particular key. An incorrect cached key can result in
file and directory ownership reverting to "nobody" on NFSv4 mount
points.
In addition, the -d and -l options are available to help diagnose
misconfigurations. They have no effect on the keyring containing
ID mapping results.
-c Clear the keyring of all the keys.
-d Display the system's effective NFSv4 domain name on
stdout.
-g user
Revoke the gid key of the given user.
-h Display usage message.
-l Display on stdout all keys currently in the keyring used
to cache ID mapping results. These keys are visible only
to the superuser.
-r user
Revoke both the uid and gid key of the given user.
-t timeout
Set the expiration timer, in seconds, on the key. The
default is 600 seconds (10 mins).
-u user
Revoke the uid key of the given user.
-v Increases the verbosity of the output to syslog (can be
specified multiple times).
The file /etc/request-key.conf will need to be modified so
/sbin/request-key can properly direct the upcall. The following
line should be added before a call to keyctl negate:
create id_resolver * * /usr/sbin/nfsidmap -t 600 %k
%d
This will direct all id_resolver requests to the program
/usr/sbin/nfsidmap. The -t 600 defines how many seconds into the
future the key will expire. This is an optional parameter for
/usr/sbin/nfsidmap and will default to 600 seconds when not
specified.
The idmapper system uses four key descriptions:
uid: Find the UID for the given user
gid: Find the GID for the given group
user: Find the user name for the given UID
group: Find the group name for the given GID
You can choose to handle any of these individually, rather than
using the generic upcall program. If you would like to use your
own program for a uid lookup then you would edit your request-
key.conf so it looks similar to this:
create id_resolver uid:* * /some/other/program %k %d
create id_resolver * * /usr/sbin/nfsidmap %k %d
Notice that the new line was added above the line for the generic
program. request-key will find the first matching line and run
the corresponding program. In this case, /some/other/program
will handle all uid lookups, and /usr/sbin/nfsidmap will handle
gid, user, and group lookups.
/etc/idmapd.conf
ID mapping configuration file
/etc/request-key.conf
Request key configuration file
idmapd.conf(5), request-key(8)
Bryan Schumaker, <bjschuma@netapp.com>
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