nfs problem

From	ghe <ghe@slsware.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	nfs problem
Date	2016-01-01 01:10 +0100
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I'm trying to get NFS going with a Wheezy server and a Jessie client 
using Webmin and vi. It connects, but mounts the directory and file with 
nobody:nogroup as the user:group (and nobody isn't set to universe 
read/write -- tried to do that, but NFS won't let me).

I see from the 'Net that this is a common problem, but the solutions 
seem to involve (some) files/programs that don't exist on these 
machines. Nor in Aptitude.

The UID:GID are identical on the server and the client, both numbers and 
text. I've tried both NFS4 and vanilla NFS. There seems to be no difference.

I changed the nobody name to myself (ghe) in /etc/idmapd.conf, and 
created a new user (gheqw). Now ls says the directory on the client is 
owned by gheqw:nogroup. That doesn't make any sense to me at all.

When I turn off the NFS mount at the server, the directory on the client 
goes back to being owned by me, and the file disappears (both expected 
behavior).

There are too many variables here: 2 computers, many files, and far too 
many [SOLVED] pages on the 'Net. I'm pretty sure I've made a mess in the 
config files (whichever they are). Anybody know exactly what to say, in 
which file(s) on which computer(s), to deal with this?

T much IA...

-- 
Glenn English

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nfs problem ghe <ghe@slsware.net> - 2016-01-01 01:10 +0100
  Re: nfs problem Glenn English <ghe@srv.slsware.net> - 2016-01-01 23:00 +0100
    Re: nfs problem Pier <pierg75@yahoo.it> - 2016-01-02 00:50 +0100
      Re: nfs problem Glenn English <ghe@srv.slsware.net> - 2016-01-02 18:40 +0100
    Re: nfs problem Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 11:00 +0100
      Re: nfs problem Glenn English <ghe@srv.slsware.net> - 2016-01-02 18:30 +0100
        Re: nfs problem [FIXED?] ghe <ghe@slsware.net> - 2016-01-03 00:10 +0100
  Re: nfs problem Brandon Vincent <Brandon.Vincent@asu.edu> - 2016-01-01 23:20 +0100
    Re: nfs problem Glenn English <ghe@srv.slsware.net> - 2016-01-02 18:40 +0100

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