NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/vmsnet/networks/tcpip/multinet/1952

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Date: 14 AUG 92 05:43:12 GMT
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X-RFC822-From:     adelman (Kenneth Adelman) @ TGV.COM
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Subject:  Re: What does an account need for the NFS Server to work?
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> I am attempting to set up the NFS server on our Vax to allow access
> from a group of suns.  The sun users do not now have accounts on our
> vaxes, and we don't want them to have accounts.  We do, however, have to
> create accounts so that the NFS server can map their UID/GID's to a
> valid UIC on our Vax.  We are doing this by creating dummy accounts on
> the Vax, and I want to know what these dummy accounts need in order to
> allow the NFS server to work.

> We had previously planned to use rcp for this, but Ken informed me via
> Email that the Multinet server does not distinguish between a remote rcp
> command and a remote rshell command, so if we allowed them to copy, they
> could run any command on the Vax.  We aren't comfortable with that, so
> we are trying this route.  All suggestions will be greatfully accepted.

> This is how we have the accounts set up now, will it work?

    Yes, it will. Even easier is that you can set it /FLAGS=DISUSER.
The only fields the NFS Server looks at are username, UIC, and
default privs.

                            Ken