kern/173479: [nfs] chown and chgrp operations fail between FreeBSD 9.1RC3 NFSv4 server and RH63 NFSv4 client

[Christopher D. Harrison]

I will give it a try.
Thanks for your quick response!!!
     -C


On 11/27/12 08:39, Jason Keltz wrote:
> Hi Rick/Christopher,
>
> Yes ...
>
> Create a file /etc/modprobe.d, say "nfs.conf" and put in it:
>
> options nfs nfs4_disable_idmapping=N
>
> ... and the problem will be solved.
>
> Jason.
>
> On 11/27/2012 08:55 AM, Rick Macklem wrote:
>> Christopher D. Harrison wrote:
>>> do you know what that sysctl attr is called?
>>> -C
>>>
>> I don't recall it and it seems I've deleted his email, but Jason Keltz
>> (which I've cc'd) emailed it to me and hopefully can remember it.
>>
>> rick
>> ps: When I get it this time, I'll write it down in my note book.
>>      I'm "old and old fashioned", so that's how I remember stuff;-)
>>
>>> On 11/26/12 21:19, Rick Macklem wrote:
>>>> Christopher D. Harrison wrote:
>>>>> The following reply was made to PR kern/173479; it has been noted
>>>>> by
>>>>> GNATS.
>>>>>
>>>>> From: "Christopher D. Harrison"<harrison at biostat.wisc.edu>
>>>>> To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, jas at cse.yorku.ca
>>>>> Cc:
>>>>> Subject: Re: kern/173479: [nfs] chown and chgrp operations fail
>>>>> between FreeBSD
>>>>> 9.1RC3 NFSv4 server and RH63 NFSv4 client
>>>>> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:23:15 -0600
>>>>>
>>>>> The same problem also occurs in FreeBSD 9.0 release.
>>>>> -C
>>>>>
>>>> In case you didn't see the previous discussions, this happens for
>>>> Linux 3.3 or later kernels, where the default is to put the uid in
>>>> a string for the owner and owner_group attributes. RFC-3530, which
>>>> has not yet been replaced as the RFC for NFSv4.0 does not recommend
>>>> this. A requirement for client support of this is in an internet
>>>> draft called rfc3530bis, but this has not become an RFC yet.
>>>>
>>>> I think the Linux folks "jumped the gun" when they made this the
>>>> default. You can change this using a sysctl on the server, so that
>>>> it uses the<username>@<domain>  format recommended by RFC-3530 or
>>>> you can upgrade to stable/9, which does have client support for
>>>> the uid in a string. (The "uid in a string" was added mainly to
>>>> support NFSv4 root mounts for diskless clients.)
>>>>
>>>> This PR will be closed when I get home next week and can do so.
>>>>
>>>> rick
>>>>
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