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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: a second "unspoofable" uid with NFS
Message-ID: <5604@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 30 Jan 91 19:19:00 GMT
References: <25758@adm.brl.mil>
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>Is it possible to configure NFS to support a second userid switch so
>that the files that don't need to be owned by root can be owned by this
>second special ID?

It depends on the NFS implementation.  Most don't allow that, as far as
I know; some may implement RFS-style user ID mapping (I think Cray
originally proposed doing that; dunno if they implemented it in their
server code).