Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 00:45:33 -0500 From: Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: NFS questions... Message-ID: <19971111004533.53437@vmunix.com>
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Hi, just some simple NFS questions. I'm currently setting up a FreeBSD fileserver in a mixed environment - most of the clients will be FreeBSD machines, but there will also be a few NetBSD-1.2(sparc) machines, as well as a couple Digital Unix 3.2G machines.. The DEC Unix machine in particular I know only does NFS v2. Will the FreeBSD server be able to simulaneosly serve to v2 and v3 clients? On a related note, does the FreeBSD NFS server default to version 3 over TCP if started with the -t -u flags? Obviously, I want the FreeBSD machine to mount with v3 over TCP, whereas the DEC Unix machine will be v2 over UDP.. I'm pretty sure this will work out fine, I guess I'm looking for any tips from people out there using NFS.. :-) Also, I'm planning on using NIS for distributed user authentication. Does FreeBSD do NIS+ yet?? The thought of destroying the shadowed passwd database with normal NIS irks me, even though this network will be inside a firewall. Kerberos is looking like an option, the only problem is that I need to sync the user info from the main file server over to the mail server.. arghh... :-) If I understand it correctly, Kerberos won't let me do this, since it's merely a one-way ticket (which is perfect for all the clients, just not for syncing users to the mail machine). Perhaps I'll just look into some way of running a cron job which will copy the pasword file across a SSH session, and update /var/mail ? TIA for any tips, -Mark -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU
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